The second of the Kidnap Capers is Pharma Con. This one took a great deal of research, and I learned a lot about the medicine we are offered in this country. Since I wrote the book, it's become a bigger and bigger issue, and our current HHS secretary has some interesting ideas that seem to come from nowhere. I don't even want to be a health care expert, but if I had to fix things I'd be every bit as qualified to do so as RFK is, and I would not take the path he's taking.

That said, medicine is...

Some books have to be chalked up as disappointments, and FAKE is one of them. I love the story, love the ways the characters' telling of their views lead the reader into an understanding of both their crimes and their motivations. Those who have read it seemed to like it too, since the reviews are positive. One person commented on the "great" cover, the wolf in sheep's clothing that represents the main character, Kip. But nothing much happened with sales.

When I'm being philosophical, I can...

My history of my writing is getting closer to modern times now, and my interest has turned to women's fiction. Pretty much all of my life, I'd had a story in the back of my mind of sisters who love but don't understand each other. This is real life, and I've always been fascinated by how siblings relate to each other. We share more with them than with any other humans: genetics, timeline, proximity, and experiences. Yet as adults we often fail to understand each other in the most basic ways.

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