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I don't think I could have just kept writing the 'Richard Jury' books. It wasn't that I was bored or dissatisfied. I just had to write something else.

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.

The time has come for professional jurors.

Serving jury duty is a fascinating little slice of life, with its motley crew of personalities.

I know what the Giller nominee effect is, but we'll see what the next level is.

I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.

Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite obsessed by thoughts about sentencing, punishment, how judges arrive at their decisions.