Jane Haddam — American Writer

Orania Papazoglou, better known by her pen name Jane Haddam, is an American mystery writer... (wikipedia)

I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character.
Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.
I'd like to write a history, maybe of the Reformation.
Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.
Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.