I Have Three Desks. One

I Write In The Afternoon, From About 12 Until 6 Or 7. I Use An Upstairs Room As My Office. Once I Get Going I Keep At It, And It Usually Takes About Six Months From The First Blank Screen Until 'the End.

I Have The "thing" Worked Out - The Trick Or The Surprise Or The Pivotal Fact. Then I Just Start Somewhere And Let The Story Work Itself Out.

My Mother Still Calls Me Jim And That Is About It. Everyone Else Calls Me Lee. My Wife Calls Me Whatever.

I Was Fired From My Television Job, Simple As That. Well, Downsized, Really, A Classic 1990s Situation.

Many Years From Now When Your Children Ask What New York City Was Like Just After 9/11, This Will Be The Book You Give Them In Response. It's An Exquisite Novel Full Of Heart, Soul, Passion And Intelligence, And It's The One This Great New York Author Was Born To Write.