My Mother Was My Greatest

I Am A Big Defender Of 'harry Potter,' And I Think Any Book That Gets Kids To Read Are Books That We Should Cherish, We Should Be Thankful For Them.

I Don't Really Know Exactly How It Happened But I Don't Like The Idea That I Would Ever Have Said I'm Going To Write About Racism Or Puberty Or Bullying.

I Don't Believe In Writer's Block. There Are Good Days When You're Writing And Less Good Days. I've Learned That If It's Not Happening To Walk Away And Return Later. I Doodle A Lot And Often Get My Best Ideas With A Pencil In My Hand While I'm Doodling. The Problem Is, Sometimes I Lose My Doodles And That's Bad!

I Stop And Think Before I Start A New Book And Ask Myself Do I Really Want To Spend The Next Year Or Two Or Three With These Characters Because If I Don't, Then I Shouldn't Be Writing About Them.

The Creative Process; I Enjoy Thinking Up The Stories And Situations For My Books.