The book [The Dissemblers] officially came out two weeks after my thirtieth birthday...am I still young?

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 find that time constraints actually make me more productive, and "real world" experiences provide a lot of inspiration to write.

The book [The Dissemblers] officially came out two weeks after my thirtieth birthday...am I still young?

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.

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.

From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.