I was loosely aware that most of my characters were fundamentally selfish people, but I didn't intentionally make that a theme.

[Ivy Wilkes] loves [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work, but is not satisfied by just looking at the paintings; she wants the painting to be her own. The plot grew naturally out of Ivy's personality (and flaws).

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

I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!

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

I was envious of [Vincent] Van Gogh because I could never make a painting that beautiful! (Ridiculous, I know.) That was when the character of Ivy [Wilkes] began to take shape for me.

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