What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
Writing gives me the opportunity to release my evil twin -- kill people, destroy people, and blow things up!
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
Small town, USA! Actually, my hometown is/was very ethnic. Lots of Serbs, Czechs, Germans, and Irish. My family--mother's side, which is full of Serbs--and the town, gave me my inspiration for the Lilly M. Mysteries. Why else give Lilly the last name -- Millenovanovich? LOL. Inspirational, comical, entertaining. My family has it all.
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