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People are much more complicated in real life, but my characters are as subtle and nuanced as I can make them. But if you say my characters are too black and white, you've missed the point. Villains are meant to be black-hearted in popular novels. If you say I have a grey-hearted villain, then I've failed.

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World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years.

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One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

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I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult.

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Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

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There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.

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Be a perfectionist.

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I enjoy learning technical details.

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Culture clash is terrific drama.

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Most of my stories have some basis in fact.

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Biography

Nationality: Welsh

Type: Author

Born: June 5th, 1949

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