I do like to write about characters who aren't just starting out, who have had adventures before, who have had a past they aren't that happy looking back on.

I don't think I can pick apart how I was influenced by which author. But these were the authors whose books I went back to again and again when I was in high school and college, when I first started trying to write stories.

I think it's also safe to say genre TV and movies were a big influence - the first stories I ever tried to write were Godzilla fan fiction when I was in elementary school, complete with elaborate maps of Monster Island made with multiple sheets of typing paper and nearly six feet wide. I kind of wish I still had those.

I know that by the time I was in middle school, Andre Norton was definitely my favorite author.

Really, I just want to help my family, my friends and people in general.

I wouldn't want to disappoint my family, my friends, my fans.

The Trumps were elected because of or in spite of their wealth - depending on how you feel about the First Family. They never misrepresented themselves. They have always been honest about who they are.

I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!