How did you become a novelist?
I wrote in various capacities all my life for my professional work, first, as an archaeologist, then as a small business advisor and for many years as a trade commissioner and diplomat. I wrote short stories and poetry personally and encouraged my children to do so as they grew up. We often exchanged our writing creativity for birthdays and special occasions. I dreamed of writing novels – the protagonist, Kate Roarty came to me about a decade before Vantage Point, the first in the Kate Roarty, P.I. series was realized.
What influenced the creation of your novels?
I knew I had to write about what I knew. I wanted my work to be fiction – adventurous, thrilling, suspenseful, mysterious, passionate and diverse in settings and how it explored humanity. I determined to explore an undercurrent of corruption as I built my tales.
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