Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

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

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

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

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

We spend our whole lives recovering from high school.

My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood.