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These 'lone wolves,' people like to call them, you've got to look at them not like a lone wolf but an individual operator who's been convinced in their head, brainwashed, whatever, that this is the way to go. And they will carry out their assaults systematically throughout.

Researching 'Lone Wolf,' I was amazed at how thoughtful and intelligent these animals are. There has never been a documented attack against a human by a wolf that wasn't provoked by the human.

Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You're vulnerable if you're on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you're not injured, face 'em off, be authoritarian with it, and look 'em in the eye.

It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.

If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.

I've always loved spy stories. Who can resist?

I'm pretty much a loner and I've lived under the radar.

I love the spy genre.

I've known several spies who have wanted to become novelists. And novelists who became spies, of course.

I have always written about characters who fall somewhere in the spectrum between solitary and totally alienated.