Iris Johansen

Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but 'high suspense' writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama.

I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.