"Sometimes I just burst out laughing and can’t stop.As a writer I don’t think there’s anything more satisfying."

"The idea developed through meetings with various US Navy SEALs returning from combat. Many of them snipers, all of them warriors."

"Are we shaped more by our Nature or our Nurture? I’ve landed on a 50/50 split, with each providing both weaknesses and strengths."

So good I stayed in bed on a vacation day ...

There are just a few mystery and thriller authors who are consistently good. Most have a clunker occasionally. But Ace Atkins, Craig Johnson and Michael Connelly always impress me with every book they write and get published. I was thus excited to get the chance to interview Ace Atkins again, …

What question do you wish you would get asked more often? Can I buy you a drink?

"I may not always draw empathy from my readers, but I certainly like to try and nudge them in that direction."

"Great science fiction uses technology, natural phenomena, and far-off settings to address concepts fundamental to the human condition."

The writer talks about both the Longmire books and their transition into series television.

"I wanted Katie and Mia to both have their own ‘voice’. As the old saying goes, there are two sides to every story–and I wished to show both."