The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

Like my mother said, you can't go back to holding hands

I never read the "Bobbsey Twins" or "Boxcar Children."But I did remember being downtown, at the bookstore by myself and having an allowance and spending it on a Nancy Drew mysteries. And I was probably eleven, twelve.

Ideas seem to come from everywhere - my life, everything I see, hear, and read, and most of all, from my imagination. I have a lot of imagination.

You think everything can be magically cured with vitamins?” “Everything but us.

I'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.

When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.