I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count my student years.

Our lives are our mythic journeys, and our happy endings are still to be won.

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material. My hat's off to them.

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest.

A good novel editor is invisible.

I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.