Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

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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 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...

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know...

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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'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...

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 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...

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...

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,...

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...