Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.

All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

Lovely. Imprisoned in a nursery school dungeon.

Amy, Dan, and Nellie were sitting at a table in a conference room, examining reproductions of Franklin documents-some so rare, the librarians told her, the only copies existed in Paris. "Yeah, here's a rare grocery list," Dan muttered. "Wow.

Sadie Kane here. If you're listening to this, congratulations, you survived doomsday.

Percy pushed on his side furiously and the crack closed. His eyes blazed with anger. She hoped he wasn’t mad at her, but if he was she couldn’t blame him. If it keeps him going, she thought, then let him be angry.