I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.

I think Peter Dickinson is hands down the best stylist as a writer and the most interesting storyteller in my genre.

Rule number something or other -- never tell anybody anything unless you're going to get something better in return.

Organizer is kind of a grand term for what I was doing.

I look at the great poets of the Soviet Union, like Anna Akhmatova, who endured far worse then anything we've seen or hopefully that we will ever see. If they could keep writing and keep a voice alive, keep people hopeful through their poetry, then I would be ashamed to stop and to give in. It would be really self-indulgent, unacceptable, and inexcusable to walk away from it.

Hard to remember who is more dangerous: the people who are attacking our liberties overseas, or those who are suppressing them at home.