Deborah Bull

It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.

I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.

If I had written something, and I had written myself into a corner, I didn't abandon it. Because I remembered: There's always more.