I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction.

What is the appropriate reply to make to a man who says he loves you? Thank you. You are very kind.

And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.

But I had loved him. A part of me still did. Maybe more than a part of me, because I'm a complete moron.

For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters.

Chaz looks me dead in the eye and says, 'Why yes, Lizzie. I’m manically depressed because the girl I’ve finally realized I’ve always been in love with, and who I was beginning to think just might love me back, turned around and got herself engaged to my best friend, who, frankly, doesn’t deserve her. Does that answer your question?

They just kept grinning at me from over the stupid sign, Dopey because he's too dumb to know any better, Doc because – well, I guess because he might have been glad to see me. Doc's weird that way. Sleepy, the oldest, just stood there, looking … well, sleepy.