I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.

Once you'd broken through that invisible barrier that separates one person from another, you were connected forever, whether you liked it or not.

Safe from the Neighbors is a novel of unusual richness and depth, one that's as wise about the small shocks within a marriage as it is about the troubled history of Mississippi. Steve Yarbrough is a formidably talented novelist, shuttling between the past and present with a grace that feels effortless.

My wife and I left New York when she got pregnant - we just thought it would be really hard to stay in the city.

It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.

I was writing very early, like I was involved in our high school literary magazine, which was called 'Pariah.' The football team was the Bears, and the literary magazine was 'Pariah.' It was great. It was definitely a real sub-culture. But I wrote stories for them.

As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.