Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated!

I've been recognized in airports lots of places, but mostly getting recognized is at home.

Look at me, he said to her. His arms and legs jerked. Look at me. You got your wish. I have learned how to love. And it’s a terrible thing. I’m broken. My heart is broken. Help me. The old woman turned and hobbled away. Come back, thought Edward. Fix me

Rats have a sense of humor. Rats, in fact think the world is very funny. And they are right, dear reader. They are right.

I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.

The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears."

The funny thing is, when I've gone through the relentless editing process, my editor and I are amazed the Mercy Watson books still make us laugh. The same jokes that made us laugh the first time around still make us laugh in the 16th rendition.