I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I wanted to do or be.

I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.

Sometimes, things are just exercises.

My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list of things I would love to write.

We are human beings, not ants.

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

The very best parts of me go into my writing, it is the best version of myself, and I don't think it's hubristic to believe that that's worth something, worth someone else's time. It's the most I have to offer the world.