I Grew Up In Conservative Rural Kansas

You Have To Be A Ruthless Editor Of Your Own Prose. Over The Years, I've Learned That The Best Way To Incorporate Research Into The Narrative Is To Turn It Into Action.

My Parents Were Liberal Intellectuals But Even They Expected Me To Stay At Home And Look After My Younger Siblings And Do The Housework.

Live Disasters Are Wonderful Attractions When You're Safe On The Other Side Of Them.

I Went To College At The University Of Kansas, Where I Got A Degree In Political Science.

I Was Reading Raymond Chandler Very Much With The Feminist Eye. In Six Of His Seven Novels, It's The Woman Who Presents Herself In A Sexual Way, Who Is The Main Bad Person. And Then You Start Reading More Fiction, Whether Crime Fiction Or Straight Fiction, It's Just Bad Girls Trying To Make Good Boys Do Bad Things, Going All The Way Back To Adam And Eve. The Woman That Thou Gavest Me Made Me Do It, Adam Says To God.