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I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published.

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life.

I think that my passion for writing fantasy began at about the same time as my passion for reading fantasy.

I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

I got a crash-course education in urban fantasy. I suddenly had to look up all these other writers I was supposed to be in a genre with. I instantly had to become an expert in this genre I knew almost nothing about.

Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special effects. That means if you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic dinosaurs, you can do just that. Want to throw in a vampire and a lesbian unicorn while you're at it? Go ahead.

My interest in fantasy began pretty much when I started to read.

I had no real idea I was going to become a writer. It was just a game for me. I just liked pretending, daydreaming and imagining.