Dear Mr. Cornwell, I have read your Saxon stories as well as the Arthur books and just wanted to say that you truly have a gift for creating characters that feel real and leave a person wanting more long after they have finished reading your book. Derfel and Uhtred are both characters that even now – after having finished the books, I still find myself missing them. How do you go about creating your characters and what advice would you give to an aspiring writer in regards to creating such memorable persons? Thanks, Jennifer