My latest book is Gothic Lolita, a kind of prayer about mourning and reincarnation wrapped around a Japanese fashion obsession. SIMON& SCHUSTER. with photographs. fiction, for teens.
A growing number of Americans are going hungry or eating less, due to the economy, and you'd be surprised at how many people I know—(including Obama-voting Dems as well as Republicans)-- who actually think that someone else's hunger is not of concern to all of us. The people I hear saying "not my problem" or "let them help themselves" are often the same people who ...
In the old days all the lead characters in our books were heroes. And now we find our hero crossing the swamp in a leaky raft... Spying on her violent neighbors, from a creaky elevator shaft, our hero held her breath... Our hero escaping her kidnappers, only to run into a pack of wolves... I write for teens, and most of the kids in my novels have been ...