[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Neils

I was lucky enough to have lunch with Clive once. He is a great non-pretentious guy.
All his books are based on threads of facts that he carefully researches.

Since he has gotten older, he indeed hands off a lot of the writing, but he proofreads, and edits, every page before a book gets released.
Personally, I enjoy his earlier books that the wrote all alone. But again great author and good person.

Always liked it when he puts himself in as a character in many of his books. Do not remember anyone else doing this.