Traditionally in crime fiction, women exist as a bedroom convenience or to screw up in order that the plot may progress. I wanted no part of that. – Ann Maxwell
As science-fiction was what I read in college, it was natural that I should be tempted to write it. So I did, and continued to do so, even while I was co-authoring mysteries with my husband Evan. – Ann Maxwell
My daughter loves romances. She’s a Ph.D student at George Washington University, and when my first book without a clinch cover came out, she said to me: ‘Finally, a book I can read on the Metro.’ – Ann Maxwell
I think that I had read so much fiction that the craft itself sort of sank into me. I didn’t read any ‘how to’ books or attend any popular-fiction-writing classes or have a critique group. For many years into my writing, I didn’t even know another author. For me, a lot of reading was the best teacher. – Ann Maxwell
When we moved to Laguna Niguel, there was one four-way stop sign between the freeway and PCH. – Ann Maxwell
The good news, when you write with another, is that you never have an empty page in front of you. The bad news is… you never have an empty page in front of you. – Ann Maxwell
The writing partnership is a good collaboration for the same reason the marriage works, which is two people who can stand alone choosing to stand together. – Ann Maxwell
Not only is it OK for a woman to write about a tough guy, but it might even help sell him. – Ann Maxwell
Having a Weim means never having to work alone again. I have two Weims. When they think I’ve been working too long, they stage an intercession. – Ann Maxwell
I have always loved the wild places between the Sierra Nevada range and the Rocky Mountains. The east face of the Sierra Nevada is steep and largely unknown, a wonderful setting. – Ann Maxwell
If Nora Roberts were a man, she’d be on the cover of big business magazines as the next Charles Dickens. – Ann Maxwell
