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I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.

We have built our identities in many respects based on the guilt-ridden stories we have been told about our creation. For women, it is a very damning knowledge to be portrayed as curious and careless seductresses.

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.

I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation.

I think of my gender as a part of my complex humanity.

I'm a very girlie girl, but I often find the heroes of my books trying to take over the story. In truth, I enjoy writing the male point of view more than any other.

I design for the woman who loves being a woman.

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a lover, as a daughter.

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined.