My favorite book is always the one I'm working on at the moment

But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.

I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published

I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings.

She had gradually changed her name. "Jane" was too dull. Last year, she'd added a "y", becoming Jayne, which had more personality.

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published