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

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

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

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

We spend our whole lives recovering from high school.

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 try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things don't change. Kids and parents have disagreements, kids try to manipulate, parents try to sit down with rules and regs. That part never changes