My Books Come To Me In Images,

People Want You To Be Ordinary.

I Write Characters And Stories That Move Me, And I Write From The Heart.

The Relationship Between A Military Working Dog And A Military Dog Handler Is About As Close As A Man And A Dog Can Become. You See This Loyalty, The Devotion, Unlike Any Other And The Protectiveness.

I Had A Big Akita, Yoshi, Who Was Fabulous. I Loved Him. We Lost Him When He Was 12, And I've Never Been Able To Replace Him. Normally, Most People Lose A Pet And Get Another And Keep Going On. But It Just Felt Wrong To Me; It Felt Disloyal.

My Family Was All Police And Hard Hats At The Refineries; They Didn't Know What To Think About Me. So I Became A Closet Writer.