Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.

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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.

Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff...

Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff...

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...

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.

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...

You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.

You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.

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

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

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,...

Write what you care about.

Write what you care about.

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial...

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial...

I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking...

I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking...

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.

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

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

I'm a daydreamer.

I'm a daydreamer.

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...

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'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 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...

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

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