We all didn't come into to the world at the same time so it makes sense that we don't leave it at the same time.

Well, in Angel of Hope, Amber ends up going in her sister's stead. The focus of that book and the next one coming out, Angel of Love, is how she finds her way out of her sister's shadow and into herself. That's really what those two novels are based on.

I can be around kids if I need to be.

So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's the one you have to write.

Please don't miss me too much. Please don't be too sad. Find someone else to love, because you have much love to give and it's a gift that shouldn't be wasted. You , Jesse, were the rose that made my life sweet.I will wait for you in heaven.

I have always been amazed guys read my books and seem to enjoy them. Because I've raised boys, I like to think I can get inside a guy's mind. I try and make the boys talk like guys, sound like guys and react like guys.

By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.