They tell you to write what you know. I’ve always taken issue with this advice.

Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Outrageously Nonlinear Journey

The Book I Wasn’t Ready For

Why Every Thriller I Write Has a Completely Different Process

On how many occasions do you actually get to feel great as an author?

There were only two things that I wanted for my future:
to write and to travel.

How I Asked (and Got!) Endorsements 

A hunt for a mysterious and deadly treasure leads from Spain to Israel, then Venezuela, Argentina, and Chile.

A Sit Down with Agent Frankie Cash

What Magicians Taught Me About Murder

The world we used to write in and about is gone.

I had spent my entire career training myself not to do precisely what I was trying to do now.

How different could writing under contract be?

AN AUTHOR IN AN ENCLOSURE

Here’s How To ‘Friction-Maxx’ Your Thriller Into A Better Book

Bestselling Authors Share Difficult Moments at the Keyboard and How They Broke Through

Then Seven Words Changed My Mind

Like many authors, I dreamed of writing a novel from the time I was really young.

When I started writing, I didn’t know any of the rules. 

Writing Native Women as Heroes