I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single

I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.

Sometimes it's easier to show than it is to tell

I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single

In my next life, I want to be tall and thin, parallel park and make good coffee. But for now, I have lots of stuff to work out in my life, but I'll have that until the day I die. I want to write more books

I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book; you just tell the best story you know how to tell

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.