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I've been drawing on my own past while sketching out a new mystery for architect Wren Fontaine and her beloved, chef Hadley Vanderwerf. It wasn't a happy past for Wren, or for me, for that matter. Normally, a chance to update a grand Victorian building would be a...

When you write historical novels, you have to research the clothes your characters wore, the foods they ate, the slang they used. And the ways they punched each other. I'm no Tom Clancy, but I do write murder mysteries, and from time to time, people get into fights....

I want to say that I was firmly committed to creating a lesbian protagonist for my historic homes series, but to be honest, it was a case of my character overruling me, as was her right. As Stephen King wrote, "A good novelist does not lead his characters, he follows...