I spent two decades in science at Caltech, Max Planck, Helmholtz and Uppsala University, and published in Nature and PNAS. I white-knuckled academic writing and produced a lot of ugly drafts. Maybe that sounds familiar to you.

Where I really learned to write was in fiction, tested on the most brutal audience there is: readers who love to leave grumpy reviews on Amazon.

Seventeen years into a fiction author career with a million books sold, I've finally figured out how my neurodivergent brain thrives in a writing life.

This is what I teach.