Marvelously Entertaining, Gabrielle Donnellys The Little Women

Anyone Who Works On A Quilt, Who Devotes Her Time, Energy, Creativity, And Passion To That Art, Learns To Value The Work Of Her Hands. And As Any Quilter Will Tell You, A Quilter's Quilting Friends Are Some Of The Dearest, Most Generous, And Most Supportive People She Knows.

Beginning Writers Are Often Advised To 'write What You Know,' And Since I Knew About Quilters - Their Quirks, Their Inside Jokes, Their Disputes And Their Generosity, Their Quarrels And Their Kindnesses - The Lives Of Quilters Became A Natural Subject For Me. Quilting Wove Together My Two Themes As Completely And Effortlessly As I Could Have Hoped.

Mary Lincoln Provided Elizabeth Keckley With Opportunities For Social And Economic Advancement She Probably Had Never Imagined During Her Years As A Slave, While Elizabeth Offered Mary The Loyal, Steadfast Friendship She Craved But Had Always Found So Elusive.

When I Was Working On My First Novel, 'the Quilter's Apprentice,' I Knew I Wanted To Write About Friendship, Especially Women's Friendship And How Women Use Friendship To Sustain Themselves And Nurture Each Other.

For As Long As I Can Remember, I've Always Been Interested In Issues Of Social Justice, Political Freedom, And Civil Rights.