I am one of those authors who believes (perhaps foolishly) that she is in complete control of the story.

Logic only tells us what's there; it can't really address what isn't. Even the most devoted empiricist must admit that we have no hope of understanding the universe. Some things are unknowable.

I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way. It's not the most efficient way to write a book, but it's how I find the story.

It felt like an oversight to me, something that needed to be corrected. They [women who hid Jewish children] deserved to be understood and remembered.

I am one of those authors who believes (perhaps foolishly) that she is in complete control of the story.

In the end, there's only one thing you can believe. Bodies are honest; they don't lie.

I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing process.