Mr. Cornwell, Hello, I hope you are well. I wasn’t able to see you at the HSN Conference this year due to scheduling conflicts- which is a shame because I was looking forward to it for quite some time- I was just wondering how the experience was for you? was your bit at the conference taped in any way and is it possible to track a recording down? I imagined I’d see some of it on Book TV but no luck yet.

Second, I wanted to ask you if you had ever read the works of Alistair Maclean? Where Eagles Dare, Ice Station Zebra, Guns of Navarone etc… he seems to be a towering figure in the action-lit genre and I was wondering what you made of his work? How about the works of Frank G. Slaughter? he was an historical novelist/doctor who wrote of, among other things, the untamed Florida swamps and savage lands of the 1860’s in books like Storm Haven and Fort Everglades. I have been enjoying searching for out of print copies of his books recently. Thanks again for your time. R. Kulb