I think this is every mother's worst nightmare - something dreadful happening to her child.

My favorite part of any event is a Q&A. I do get asked a lot of the same questions but every now and then someone surprises me - and I LOVE that.

If you loved someone, really loved them, would you let them go?

When she wanted to escape her life, she read books

You would wind up as a cat, I told her. They don't need anyone else. I need you, she replied. Well, I said. Maybe I'll come back as catnip.

You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal?... A plan.

It is always hardest for me to write a book that has kids in it close to my kids' ages. It is always hardest for me to write a book that has kids in it close to my kids' ages.