I'm very lucky. I'm very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print - none of them

Mistakes are growth, and we learn not to do it again. But it doesn't make you a terrible person. That's important to me.

Pistachio nuts, the red ones, cure any problem.

At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful, I just didn't feel my family was supportive and emotionally generous

I didn't expect to be doing a whole bunch of Amber Browns. And because it was just one book, and the father had moved away, I didn't realize I was going to have to deal more with shared custody, divorce and all those issues

I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.