I have opinions, sure, but they're mine, not something I'm going to insist everyone else take as any kind of gospel.

I think getting up every morning is the most amazing thing any of us do. We know what's out there, and yet we keep going.

I tend not to reread books, because there's always something new to discover, but Dorothy Sayers is a comfort grab for me - there's no mood so bleak or cold so bad that Lord Peter and Bunter can't make it right.

I take all the stress on myself so everyone else can work without stress.

I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.

When I first started working on 'Staying Dead,' I got some well-meaning but negative feedback from industry folk because - back in 2001 - epic fantasy was still the big thing, alternate history a tight runner-up.