I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page.

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Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the...

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the...

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like...

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like...

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one,...

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one,...

If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.

If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.

The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine....

The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine....

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was...

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was...

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all...

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all...

Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she...

Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she...

After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't...

After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't...

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of...

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of...

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader...

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader...

I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western...

I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western...

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where...

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where...

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the...

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the...

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each...

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each...

Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I...

Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I...

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre,...

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre,...

At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime...

At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime...