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

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

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

The truth is rarely as dreadful or as terrifying as what one imagines.

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.

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

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