Who wants to be used? I love to read, so books are my main friends. They're always available, always friendly, and always interesting, and they never make me choose sides.

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

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.

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.

For as long as the world spins and the earth is green with new wood, she will lie in this box and not in my arms.

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

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