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Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.

I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?'

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

I don't write historical novels but novels that wonder, 'And what if it happened in this way and not in this other one?'

Paranormal fiction offers authors - and readers - the chance to answer the question, 'What if?' All the different ways that question can be answered make for extremely entertaining reading.

I love to write a book out of questions; in fact, I think it's the only way my writing can operate, if there's something I don't understand.

I think there is often a 'what if' proposition that gets me thinking about all my novels.

You should never ask, 'What would the readers like now?' Instead, you should ask, 'What would I like if I was a reader?' And then you must trust your own mind.