pr0saic

I'm new to the Derek Strange series and am reading WHAT IT WAS right now. What do I need to know about Strange or 1972 DC going into this?

You write some of the best dialogue in the business, and one of the things I love about your novels is how well you capture the feeling of DC in every book. Is this something you consciously work at when writing? Or do setting and dialogue come naturally to you from knowing the city and the kind of characters you write about?