I love Chris Crutcher, Sara Zarr, Lois Lowry, Elizabeth Scott, Madeleine L'Engle, Gordon Korman, Michelle Magorian, Heather Bouwman.

I love Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Usher, Mariah Carey... all that stuff.

I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.

Once you read something, you can't erase it from your brain.

Cabel gives her a quizzical look. "I am totally not getting enough attention here.

One of my favorite ways to write paranormal, as in the 'Wake' trilogy, is to write very normal characters with just a hint of something other-worldly. Like somewhere, maybe, someone really can get sucked into other people's dreams.