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

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.

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.

That's my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.

The parent reads the book. The kid reads the book and then they can talk about the characters instead of talking about themselves. You know there's a connection even if you don't talk about it when you read the same books.

Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail.