Jay Asher

As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

See, I'm not a very good musician.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

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.

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.