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My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book and loved it." I cannot conceive of a greater compliment than that - to write something that as an adult I find satisfying, but also that manages to reach a curious 13- or 14-year-old.

Goodreads interview, www.goodreads.com. December, 2008.
My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book and loved it. I cannot conceive of a greater compliment than that - to write something that as