For me, the favourite chapters have always been the last chapters in the books. I knew exactly how each book would end - and how the first chapter of the following book would begin. I knew I wanted to leave the readers with answers - and a bunch of new questions!

Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.

There really is no difference in the actual writing or plotting. I choose to tell different stories for the younger reader and, of course, I would never put sex and extreme violence in a YA book. But writing for adults and children requires the same care and attention.

Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.

Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

it is only when no one remembers that you are truly lost. That is the true death.