For the rest of my life I would always be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest what if. -Perseus Jackson

We wandered the halls of an infinite magic nursing home, led by a hippo nurse with a torch. Really, just an ordinary night for the Kanes.

Whoa, boy, he told himself. Golden Rule for Demigods: Thou shalt not Hokey Pokey with psychos.

But Grover’s voice was already growing fainter. ‘Sweet dreams. Don’t let me die!

The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before.Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid.

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

The dead aren't scary. They are just sad.