Occupation: Crime Writer Birth: June 9, 1956
Murder is about power and the more powerful women get the more it will change the good that they do and the bad that they do..
First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty..
Has all the trappings of a mystery novel, doesn't it?.
Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable..
I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body..
He was pushing fifty, with a face life had chewed on, and long wisps of graying hair parted low on one side and combed over his balding pate..
Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension..
I refuse to sit on my laurels..
I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person..
You can't cure a chipped plate. All you can do is live with it or throw it out..
On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I wo….
I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books..
I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college..
I don't do things that are illegal..
I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people..
I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer..
Everyone is doing forensics..
Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head..
But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create..
Grief was like a seizure that shook me like a storm..
Being gay is just one aspect of my very complicated life. I do not wear it on my sleeve..