I give people If You Came Softly when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.

I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.

Zombies are the proletariat. Long live the workers!

The acclaim for Razorhurst means even more to me than usual because, let's be honest, Razorhurst is weird.

My experience with My Sister Rosa showed me, once again, that I have a much easier time of it if I sell my novels after I finish them, not before. I'm lucky that I'm in a position where I'm able to do that.

The only reason I've ever had to wear a hat is to avoid skin cancer.

I've known white Australian girls from wealthy families who were sent to posh private schools, who knew all of that stuff, and I think would recognise much in Jefferson's book. What I related to most strongly was the sexism and misogyny Margo Jefferson had to battle.