I love rewriting because that is where and how you discover the story. Its like you have this skeleton, and you get to put flesh on it and hair and clothes and really wonderful jewelry.

Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.

I just love that feeling of being in another world, of creating characters and watching where they go.

I think my stubbornness has served me well. I just knew at an early age what I wanted to do and I was determined to be able to make it happen, no matter how long it took.

When you love what you do, it stops seeming like work and instead becomes necessity.

I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.

Writers are magpies, and we collect details about people and we use them for fictional characters.