Five Fun Facts

1. Show No Fear was inspired by the plight of three American contractors who were held by rebels in Colombia for five years and five months.

2. To research the book, I had to interview two CIA operatives familiar with Colombia and its forty-year revolution. I could tell you more, but then I’d have to kill you.

3. The waterfall scene was inspired by a waterfall I used to play in as a child, only it was located in northern Thailand.

4. The reason Lucy’s hip caused her so much pain wasn’t necessarily because her microchip site was infected. I had just had hip surgery, and my own hip was killing me! If I had to suffer, so did Lucy!

5. I’ve never actually been to Colombia, but I studied abroad in Ecuador which is right next door. My experience of the jungle comes from excursions with my family into northern Thailand, where we looked for tigers but never really found any—just a huge, fresh tiger track! I wonder how close that tiger was?