Alana Woods ... intrigue queen. As a novelist, that's me! I toyed with 'thriller queen' as an author description but my novels are much more suspense intrigue to my way of thinking. I don't believe in cheap thrills, I like them to have depth. I'm a storyteller from way back but not a prolific producer like other authors. It can take me years to be satisfied with the quality of a story and my telling of it. I put a finished manuscript in a drawer and forget it while I write another. That way, when next it sees the light of day-which can take five years-it's like reading something new and any fl...