During that entire year, ... my parents didn't get any income from any other endeavors, so when we took it on the road, it was do or die. I was doing three to four one-hour presentations each day.

I certainly give credit to my parents,

I had just climbed the steps of the station when the blasts took place. The entire place shook and soon there was flesh and blood lying everywhere. It was a terrible scene. Five-six bodies were lying nearby and several others were injured.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

a great compliment, but I don't write books like hers.

On the beach, Roran stood alone, watching them go. Then he threw back his head and uttered a long, aching cry, and the night echoed with the sound of his loss.