When I was a kid my family was really poor and I remember one Halloween I wanted to dress up really scary and my parents came home with a duck costume. I wore that costume for years! I hated it.

Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

I drive a lot in the summertime, but after that, I don't drive if there's snow predicted for anywhere in 500 miles.

The next day, Greg is so large that he cannot even ride the car to school because he can't fit in the car. His parents believe this to have been caused by a food allergy and resolve to take him to the doctor later.

If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline.

Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.