Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.

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• M. J. Rose:

  In 'Power Play', Finder uses the thriller structure to make pointed observations about gender in th

• M. J. Rose:

  The most satisfying thrillers send ordinary people into battle against the forces of evil - otherwi

• M. J. Rose:

  'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaini

• M. J. Rose:

  I work on one book at a time. And yes, I am immersed. Six days a week for four to six hours a day.

• M. J. Rose:

  From 1999 on - until 2003 - I covered publishing in a weekly column for Wired.com and wrote for sev

• M. J. Rose:

  I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every

• M. J. Rose:

  I think that we need to live our lives for the present... as if it is our one and only wild and won

• M. J. Rose:

  There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is cer

• M. J. Rose:

  I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people

• M. J. Rose:

  A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.