A typical day for me is I get up at 6:00, the coffeemaker goes on automatically and the computer gets turned on. I pour a cup of coffee, listen to Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, and then I write.

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

To me the book is like having a kid. I have to let it go out in the world, and great things will happen. Maybe they won't, but it has to keep on moving.

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

So many miracles have not yet happened.

Nobody ever learns anything.

So, yes, at least from my end. You could say there's a lot of Alison [McGhee] in Gollie too.