We're all pilgrims on the same journey - but some pilgrims have better road maps.

A labyrinth is a symbolic journey . . . but it is a map we can really walk on, blurring the difference between map and world.

I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.

Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the Vatican in Rome.