I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime beat reporters. I didn't even know a cop when I started out. I finally figured out that I could visit prisons - I just had to be willing to make the phone calls.
“There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.”
“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”