Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was...
You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.
Write what you care about.
White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America.
While I was in school I did everything from washing bottles in a science lab to managing conferences on employment problems.
The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.
The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.
The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their...
Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories.
Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.
Sisters in Crime now has more than 4,000 members worldwide.
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.
People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each other a lot more.
No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.
Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed.
It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating.
It took me a very long time to get a strong enough identity to get away from the life that was laid out for me.
In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as...
I've been married for many years to a physicist who's been about as supportive and encouraging of my work as any partner could be.
I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues.