I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.

This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop those you love from dying.

We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you that it can. I want to thank you because it did. - 2010 Indies Choice Award

I need to write, and I can't write when I'm on the road.

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.

And hope is like love...a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing.

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