In the spring of 1997, I started writing Tripwire and set the opening there, just because I liked it. But there was no intention behind the vacation. A lot of other things, I get from movies. I did go to Montana to research the area for Die Trying , but it was just like I'd thought it would be anyway. Feelings and impressions are more important than details, I think.
Plausibility is more important than accuracy.
I was a little surprised when I first found out you were from England. The books read very American. My wife is American, so I've been visiting here for 25 years, so I was already pretty familiar with the contrasts between the two countries. It's great to be in a place where not everybody is white and European. Yes, we can do that instead of Hmm, that's going to be a problem.