Call Me Princess is about women hoping to find their one and only loves through net-dating. I find it fascinating how a dating profile allows people to reinvent themselves and create the personalities they really want others to recognize in them.

Many women are so anxious to meet Mr. Right that they willingly invent flirtatious and mystifying characteristics in order to make themselves appear more attractive. This makes it very hard to know what is real, and what is just appealing fiction. It can be a dangerous game.

I also spend a vast amount of time working on my characters. I want to make them appear real, so I literally write each person’s personal story. I don’t actually use these stories in the novels, but they are part of each individual character. I need to know where they are coming from—psychologically, physically, and emotionally, as well as demographically.

I spend so much time with my characters that I seriously end up feeling that I know them personally. That is why I know how they will react in every conceivable situation—I know what drives them, how they respond under pressure, what their fears are, and also from where they get their strength.

To me this is essential. If I don’t believe in the realness of my characters, how can I possibly expect my readers to do so?

After I wrote this novel, I was so exhausted that I could hardly remember my name or where I live. As with all my books, I needed to take a minute and shake my way out of the thriller mood before being able to return to my family life.

If you are interested in dark noir—such as the works of Stieg Larsson and Karin Slaughter—as well as exploring the exciting and growing genre of international crime fiction, I hope you’ll explore and enjoy my story.