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People are often surprised that I am so upbeat. I'm always hearing, 'You're so light and funny, and your books are so dark and twisted.' There's a dichotomy. I like books that are dark and creepy. I don't control it - it's just what I gravitate toward.

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions.

I'm not a very dark person.

There's nothing particularly dark in my past... I live in the light. My disposition is basically happy. I have a good life.

I don't try and be dark, but there are obviously darker emotions that I want to capture sometimes.

I try to only read light things when I'm working on my books, and in the evenings I watch a lot of mindless TV. I have to break up the 'dark,' or I wouldn't be a very happy person.

I am not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark.

I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.