Peter Lerangis

With the '39 Clues,' we were making history jump out of the page for the readers, so they don't know they're learning. The kids can't put the books down - it's so exciting.

When I set up my Web site, I made a guestbook so kids can write to me there, and that's become one of the most popular parts of the site.

I can't contain how enthusiastic I am about working on books for kids.

I like helping other writers who don't know what to do or where to go in New York.

I love to travel. During normal workdays, sometimes it feels like I have to bludgeon ideas out of my soul - but when I'm traveling, relaxed and unpressured, the ideas just spill out.

Big Tech's nonchalance about copyright violation tramples over people like my wife and me, who strive to make a living in the great tradition of the creative realm.

I'm a children's book writer, and my wife is a musician. We've raised a family on income from songs, performances and books.

On scores of sites, users can upload illegal files of my books. As per 1998's toothless Digital Millennium Copyright Act, I bear the burden of discovering and reporting each theft.

SOPA has been described as hitting a carpet tack with a sledgehammer. But technology was a sledgehammer to the music industry, one that allowed digital distributors like Apple to grow rich.