Open Secret boasts a nifty plot and, in Coroner Fortin, a fascinating protagonist who will likely be around for a long time. Deryn Collier is a talent to watch.

The future is nothing but a reflection of the present and the past.

You wan't to invent new ideas, not new rules.

My experience from 20 years of Africa is that the seemingly impossible is possible.

Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived.

I try to distinguish my characters from each other.

Life was a lot more adventurous before caller I.D.

So I've worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me.

I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long.

I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into.

I found myself again and then found love.