She paused. That's just my way of saying I would've killed you if you'd died.

When someone is close by, you just know it.

She smiled for the first time, and he almost had to look away, as if something that nice didn’t belong in such a glum and gray place, as if he had no right to look at her expression.

There are so many things hinted at that will be fun to reveal in depth. For years, fans have made it abundantly and enthusiastically clear that they want the same thing, so now seems like the perfect time to give readers the story of how the Maze began.

I really love middle-grade. Middle-grade books have a little more of a magical, light-hearted feel. You can be a little bit more quirky, you can have a little more humor. It doesn't get so dark and deep.

It was you and me, Tom. We did this to them. To us.

The Creators,” Minho said; then he spat on the floor. “I’m gonna break your faces!