I know this is a bit personal but how do you pronounce your name. Is it Mo-desitt Mod-esitt or Mode-sitt Over here in the UK I’ve heard all three variations and as I have pretty-well every book you’ve written over the past forty odd years when I first met your books in a San Francisco book shop I’d really like to get it right.

It’s pronounced MODD (rhymes with “odd”) — ess — it. Of course, the way the family pronounces our name breaks every pronunciation rule, which might be why others have a problem with it.