I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.

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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...

I'm a daydreamer.

I'm a daydreamer.

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.

You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.

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...

I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that...

I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

Write what you care about.

Write what you care about.

Sisters in Crime now has more than 4,000 members worldwide.

Sisters in Crime now has more than 4,000 members worldwide.

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...

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

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

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...