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All Quotes by author - Lisa McMann
" I don't see a day when teenagers don't read. They are very enthusiastic. That is so inspiring to me. "
Teenagers
See
Me
" I had one of those defining moments in the fourth grade when my teacher said the story I wrote was the best in the class, and therefore I would be going Young Authors Conference where I'd get to hang out with authors all day. "
Day
Best
Said
" I love Chris Crutcher, Sara Zarr, Lois Lowry, Elizabeth Scott, Madeleine L'Engle, Gordon Korman, Michelle Magorian, Heather Bouwman. "
Chris
Michelle
Love
" I've always found teenagers really interesting. I think they've got so much going on in their lives, so that lends itself really well to fiction because there's so much drama, so much activity, so much growth. "
Think
Drama
Going
" I vividly remember sixth grade. It's the year when kids turn mean, and it's definitely no longer okay to cry in public. So we force our hot tears back, and they burn our throats all the way down. "
Down
Back
Cry
" I was a blueberry picker, bindery worker, bookstore clerk and later manager, and a Realtor. "
Later
Clerk
Bookstore
" I went to Holland Christian High School in Holland, Michigan, and to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "
High School
School
College
" I would like to be able to disappear whenever I do something dorky. "
Something
Would
Disappear
" I would love to go to Greece. "
Go
Greece
Love
" Nearly every notable event in 'Wake' has a date or a time stamp. "
Event
Notable
Date
" 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. "
Someone
People
Normal
" Seriously, I dreamed that I was in my husband's dream, watching what he was dreaming about. Like, I was in his dream as an onlooker. It was so weird that I immediately wrote it down in the middle of the night. In the morning, it still sounded cool. "
Night
Cool
Husband
" Who hasn't had the 'I went to school/work in my underwear' dream? "
Dream
Who
Underwear
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