As For Suspense, I Like To Write

Blind Curve, The Book I'm Working On Now, Sprang From A Crazy Incident That Happened To Me Last Year While On My Book Tour. I Was Pulled Out Of My Car For A Minor Traffic Violation - An Incident That Escalated Into My Being Thrown Into Cuffs And Told I Was Going To Jail. Except In My Story, The Hero Doesn't Get Off As Easily As I Did.

Eyes Wide Open' Took Shape From Two Real Life Events Straight From My Own Past. One Was The Sad Suicide Of My Young Nephew, A Troubled Kid, Who Was Found At The Bottom Of A Landmark Cliff In Central California. The Second Was A Chance Encounter Forty Years Ago With None Other Than, Ahem, Charles Manson!

One Novel That I Think Is An Overriding Influence In My Life Is 'all The King's Men,' The Most Beautiful Book Written In The U.s.

'good As Gone' Goes From Zero To 60 In Under Six Seconds And Never Lets Off The Gas! If You Like Your Thrillers Filled With Nonstop Action In A Race Against Time Through Europe's Underbelly, Hop In And Take A Ride.

As For Suspense, I Like To Write Books That Draw You Into The Hero's Plight From The Opening Pages, Where People Put Their Lives On The Line For Something - A Belief, A Family Member, The Truth.