I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to write. Some authors are able to do both.

Sometimes I can't read my own handwriting. That's a problem!

My mother was my greatest fan.

I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the day the first book was accepted, I never got sick again. Writing changed my life.

I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.

I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.

First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because I really only write.