You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.

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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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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...

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,...

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 love to sing. I'm a soprano.

I love to sing. I'm a soprano.

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 a daydreamer.

I'm a daydreamer.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.

The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.

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

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

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...

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.

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,...