In truth, I don't want to be there. I don't want to see the light go out of my brother's eyes.

On TV, stories and events are finalized in 30 or 60 minutes, or neatly tied up after a season or two. The best stories are the ones that force us to come to our own conclusions and to explain why we believe in our conclusions.

Nobody gets to pick what life gives them

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 am very privileged and honored when someone chooses to read a book, especially a book of mine.

I wanted to write about the third world and had the opportunity to go live in the trenches, so to speak.

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.