Most Writers Adore Their Editors,

I Can Give Advice To Anyone Interested In Writing In One Word: Read! I Think It's Much More Important To Be A Reader Than To Be A Writer!

Why Was It That Pride And Foolishness Were So Often Close Companions?

I Do Think That Part Of Literature's Job Is To Comment On And Participate In The Social Issues Of The Time.

I Used To Sit Home With My Computer And Write. After The Newbery, I Probably Spend More Than Half My Time On The Road.

Each Of My Books Has Taken Me A Different Length Of Time To Write - Eight Months For Seesaw Girl, Eight Months For Shard, Three Years For When My Name Was Keoko! The Publisher Takes Another Year And A Half To Work On The Book, So Altogether Each Book Can Take Up To Three Or Four Years To Publish.