The world is too fascinating to limit yourself to one path or one sort of people.

I want to say that I really appreciate that readers are willing to work with my tendency to write in several different genres and for different age groups.

As a lifelong romance reader, it's always satisfying to get to talk to other romance readers!

Graveminder' is about a mortician, a young woman with commitment issues, a dead teenager, and a town called Claysville where the dead don't always stay dead.

I arrived in this country as a refugee child with my sister and my mother.

Why would a lazy guy become a parent of five? Then again, why would creative people who inherently don't like change and criticism become writers, actors, or comedians? There's something about this process. I joke about it: My kids have made me a better person, and I only need, like, 34 more of them to be a really good guy.

Against the wishes of my family, I gave up my legal career, and I volunteered for the Army. I became an infantryman. I went to Iraq and Afghanistan.

I want to continue working with my staff who are like family.