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As soon as I got to L.A., there was this big crime where these guys tunnelled underneath a bank on a three-day weekend and went right up to the vault and emptied everything out.

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When I went home at 20 to tell my parents, 'I don't want to be an engineer, I want to try and write books,' I was braced for, 'That's not gonna happen.' But I didn't get that response, and maybe it was because of my dad's experience of having an artistic dream and having to put it aside.

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When you're a detective on the midnight shift, you don't have a specialty: you roll on any time they need a detective, whether it's big or small.

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My history is that I will create a character, and they will have a book to themselves, and then I'll integrate the character into the larger world of all my books.

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I want people to think I'm a creative genius.

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The TV audience is way bigger than a book audience, and no matter what I do, I'm always thinking if this will help people read my books.

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I mostly read on airplanes and right before sleep.

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I admit my reading time is limited because I can write in the situations and places where people usually read. But reading is the fuel - it's inspiring - so I try to keep the tank full. What happens most of the time is I binge read. I will put aside a day or two to do nothing but read.

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There is a prevailing school of thought that something good must take time, sometimes years to create and hone. I have always felt that the books I have written fastest have been my best - because I caught an unstoppable momentum in the writing.

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I like stories about people who have to go into darkness for a good reason and then have to figure out how to deal with the darkness that seeps into their souls.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 21st, 1956

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