I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11.

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I'm a daydreamer.

I'm a daydreamer.

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

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

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's...

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's...

Write what you care about.

Write what you care about.

Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers,...

Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers,...

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

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

I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues.

I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues.

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.

I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.

I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.

Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways...

Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways...

In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and...

In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and...

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and...

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and...

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel.

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel.

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in...

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in...

People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open...

People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open...

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs.

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs.

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to...

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to...

White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America.

White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America.

Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy,...

Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy,...