Things are not at all what they seem to be: oh no, not at all.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

The only control you have over a movie is whether or not you decide to sell the rights.

Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn how to do, and that they get to have for themselves, as opposed to somebody telling them what to do and how to do it.

As Elmore Leonard says, I write to find out what happens.

May God strike me down with a hammer on the head before I write a book with a teach-y goal!

I journal for about half an hour, and by the time that's done, the business day on the East Coast has begun. The phone starts to ring, and the rest of the day is spent dealing with the business of writing. My workday is done at about 3:00.