While my success has come as a mystery writer, I began as a poet. Poetry was my way to be heard above the din. I grew up in an angry household. My family communicated everything, even love, through anger and we all did it rather loudly. I recognized early on that as the youngest, my voice had the least impact and that when everyone is screaming, no one actually hears anything. Poetry gave my feelings and observations a way to be recognized beyond the shouting and the anger. In some way, words saved my life and set it on its course.

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