My style is colloquial storytelling. It's the way we tell stories to one another - it's not writerly, it's not overdone.

I wouldn’t trust you if you were the last life raft leaving the Titanic.”-max

The idea for Maximum Ride come from the earlier books of mine called When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which also feature a character named Max who escapes from a quiet despicable school. Most of the similarities end there. Max and the other kids in Maximum Ride are not the same Max and kids featured in those two books. nor do Frannie and Kit play any part in Maximum Ride. I hope you enjoy the ride anyways.

It was the building from the drawing in my brain. And if you don’t think that’s a weird sentence, maybe you should reread it.

My invite must have gotten lost in the mail," she said venomously. "But I don't mind crashing this party. -Maximum Ride talking to Max II

If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If you want to write for others...become an author.

You know, I guess I just don't like to talk a lot about sad things. Now you know my flaw. What good does it do to talk about sad things in the past?