My Mother Would Read Aloud To My

Nothing In The Whole World Felt As Good As Being Able To Make Something From A Sudden Idea.

Quite Often Somebody Will Say, What Year Do Your Books Take Place? And The Only Answer I Can Give Is, In Childhood.

I Read My Books Aloud Before They Were Published.

The Humiliation That Jane Had Felt Turned To Something Else--grief Perhaps, Or Regret. Regret That She Had Not Known How To Act With A Boy, Regret That She Had Not Been Wiser.

I Was A Very Observant Child. The Boys In My Books Are Based On Boys In My Neighborhood Growing Up.