I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character.

Their son Matt DeAndrea is also a writer. She has also written a number of murder mysteries under her real name Orania Papazoglou featuring the romance author Patience McKenna. Her novel Not a Creature Was Stirring also received an Edgar nomination this time for "Best Paperback Original"; it was also nominated for the 1991 Anthony Award in the same category.