I didn't plan to write YA - I had a story that simply wasn't working as a straight-up fantasy novel.

My parents are both huge science-fiction and fantasy fans - I was fed it.

I got a crash-course education in urban fantasy. I suddenly had to look up all these other writers I was supposed to be in a genre with. I instantly had to become an expert in this genre I knew almost nothing about.

It’s only a scratch, don’t cut my arm off!

Of course, that’s how life is. A turn of events may seem very small at the time it’s happening, but you never really know, do you? How can you?

It's a terrible shame he's a Renegade, isn't it? Otherwise, you could have asked him to stay for dinner.