I think Peter Dickinson is hands down the best stylist as a writer and the most interesting storyteller in my genre.

I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses.

White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America.

All food starting with p is comfort food: pasta, potato chips, pretzels, peanut butter, pastrami, Pizza, pastry.

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.

When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs

I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming

Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior.

Most personalities have been obliged to be rebels. Half their strength has been wasted in friction.

You know, so many people say TV makes you stupid. But it had the complete opposite affect on me. It kept me from having a really bad Southern accent.

I wish the press was fair. They're really dishonest. The media is really dishonest. It's incredible.

Chicago has disappointed her enemies and astonished the world

What does it mean to be psychic? Essentially it means to feel, rather than think all the time.

If my desire is possible, it means the system is already letting something else through.

If you're going to decipher a hidden code from a complex set of different mazes, I'm pretty sure you need a girl's brain running the show.

Nonviolence is an active force of the highest order. It is soul force or the power of the godhead within us.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

Do not too many believe no zeal to be spiritual but what is censorious or vindictive? Whereas no zeal is spiritual that is not also charitable.