Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.
When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.
[When I was a kid] I was a surgeon, amputating legs and arms of my paper dolls. And I had a little board with little tacks that I would tack them down to do this.
[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.
My mother was my greatest fan.
I have to go with what comes naturally to me. Fantasy isn't my thing. I did enjoy the Oz books when I was growing up and certainly my grandson and I read Harry Potter together. You write what you can as well as you can.