Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn.

A man notices a womans figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.

Write what you care about, what interests and intrigues you.

For me, a good YA novel is the best kind of comfort food.

Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.

Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn.

I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.