“I don’t write stories to tell readers what to think, or even tell them what I think; I write stories to show me what I think. Writing is always a journey of discovery that way, as suspenseful for me as I hope it will be for the audience.”

Geek Speak Magazine Interview (2010)

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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