Q8 - Another theme of "Final Witness" (The Stepmother) is what one generation inherits from another. What have you inherited from your grandfather?

A - Who knows what genes we get from our different grandfathers? I can only speculate, but I do think that I have inherited some of his enormous determination which is essential for writing books. I hope also that I have a little of his great store of human affection. He was a wonderful grandfather for me in the difficult years that followed my parents' divorce when I was five, and I feel that he would be very pleased about my book if he was alive today.