I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing I am shameful of or anything else in my novels. They are my children and I'm happy to speak about my children.

Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons

I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing I am shameful of or anything else in my novels. They are my children and I'm happy to speak about my children.

The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic."

There’s something sexy in cooking for a man who likes my food. Am I growing up?

Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict.

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.