"It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself."
American novelist and memoirist best known for the Tales of the City series. His writing helped define late-20th-century urban fiction with recurring themes of identity, community, and social change. He has also worked as a journalist and screenwriter.