I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions.

I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions.

I am currently in nursing school, so one day I will be both a nurse and a writer.

I hope to work through disappointment and frustration with as much grace as [Georgia] O'Keeffe did, and I hope to have the same confidence in my own vision.

I lived in New Mexico until I was seventeen, and honestly I've been homesick ever since I left.

Because Ivy [Wilkes] is just starting out as an artist, I wanted to focus on [Georgia] O'Keeffe's experiences when she was just starting out. I suspect there is a difference between being an unknown artist and being a celebrated artist. When nobody knows your work, nobody except you really cares whether or not you paint.

I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at the time.