History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination.

People might seem to have a perfectly fine life but inside, we don't even know if they've suffered.

As writers, we don't just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience.

I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoption being clear; it was and is not something I am interested in hiding.

I know publishing now more as an author than with occasional peaks inside those elite offices than as an industry insider. It was difficult publishing a novel the first time around, while working behind the scenes, knowing all that has to happen to make a book a success and to still make the leap as an author.

I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally.

Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.