"I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know."

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"I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know."

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"I had an idea for a story about a young woman who was living with people who were different, not just superficially different - such as hair colour, or eye colour, or skin colour - but different in some significant way."

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"I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I'm not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books."

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"I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores."

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"Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive."

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"I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are."

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