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* [[Badass Normal]]: He intentionally makes his protagonists normal people:

{{quote| I decided, I do not want the people [in my books] to be veterans of any war I don't want them to know some sort of obscure Eastern kung fu philosophy that'll help them whoop ass. I want them to be regular, vulnerable people. They're not braver than most people, but they stick with it.}}

{{quote|I decided, I do not want the people [in my books] to be veterans of any war I don't want them to know some sort of obscure Eastern kung fu philosophy that'll help them whoop ass. I want them to be regular, vulnerable people. They're not braver than most people, but they stick with it.}}

* [[Bittersweet Ending]] or [[Downer Ending]]: His books rarely end on completely positive notes, if there's anything positive to begin with.

* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: While some villains are undeniably [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]], there are several who have sympathetic motivations, and the "good" people are rarely completely clean themselves.