I Have Relaxed Into My

I'm A Hypocrite, Of Course, And I Live With That, But I Live.

I Often Heard About His Cases And I Often Sat In On His Trials. In The Late 1960s When I Was Growing Up I Wanted To Be A Crusader Like Him But I Didn't Want To Wear A Suit And Commute.

My Father Is A Practicing Criminal Law Attorney In The Seattle Area.

Cities Produce In Me Melancholy Or A Tension I Don't Need.

I Was Aware That There Is An Expectation That Writers Inevitably Falter At This Stage, That They Fail To Live Up To The Promise Of Their First Successful Book, That The Next Book Never Pleases The Way The Prior One Did. It Simply Increased My Sense Of Being Challenged.