Don Winslow

So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book.

I was a safari guide in the 1980s in Kenya.

I was trying in 'The Power of the Dog' to write a brutally accurate in-your-face, if you will, description of 30 years in the war on drugs. And the effect that that had on people.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.