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When I started writing 'Luck in the Shadows,' I just wanted to create an adventure story.

I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes.

Researching and writing about the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98 was one of the most exciting and involving projects I've undertaken.

I had a publishing history of murder mysteries.

In the early Seventies, I started writing a little autobiographical novel about my childhood - I made it into a mystery story.

I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.

I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the time.

I was just fascinated with how everyone else in the world lived, and I was interested in telling their story.