Take this squirrel, for instance. Ulysses. Do I believe he can type poetry? Sure, I do believe it. There is much more beauty in the world if I believ….

In the beginning of the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Edward is more enamored of himself than he is of anybody else. He's a very fin….

All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all..

I'm not exactly sure how old the girls are [in Bink & Gollie], but I can pretty much guarantee that their parents will never show up. That would mess….

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults..

I hate to cook and love to eat..

I would hesitate to say the characters [ in Bink & Gollie] are too related to either to us [me and Alison McGhee], but they certainly draw on our phy….

The funny thing is, when I've gone through the relentless editing process, my editor and I are amazed the Mercy Watson books still make us laugh. The….

They were always on the move.But in truth said bull we are all going nowhere.

Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted..

When I was a kid I loved to read, but I didn't write and I didn't create imaginary worlds. So, if one student walks away thinking, "She's obviously j….

I don't think about being a celebrity..

My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up ….

But, reader, there is no comfort in the word "farewell," even if you say it in French. "Farewell" is a word that,in any language, is full of sorrow. ….

At least Lester had the decency to weep at his act of perfidy. Reader, do you know what 'perfidy' means? I have a feeling you do, based on the scene ….

I was a kid who lived to read. It was the primary pleasure of my existence. It's still one of the primary pleasures of my existence. It's where I dra….

I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I….

Alison [McGhee] and I have known each other since the summer of 2001. One evening we were sitting around talking about how we wished we had a good st….

I need to write, and I can't write when I'm on the road..

I am just always, always paying attention - waiting for the words, or image, or name that will be the beginning of a story..

Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Watson love Mercy [Watson]. Eugenia hates Mercy. Baby likes Mercy. Mercy loves toast. And the plot, if you want to be so ge….