What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters.

Snoring keeps the monsters away.

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.

I thought ["Summer Sisters" ] would be a children's book - two girls who summer together from very different backgrounds. And then when it just kept going and going and going. They kept getting older.

Kids should read whatever they want to read. So I'm hoping that just like 15-year-olds read "Summer Sisters," I'm hoping that they'll read this.

Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.

I love you, Michael Wagner.” “Forever?” he asked. “Forever,” I said.