I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

[Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?] Because it's there.

It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating.

I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.