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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I don't see a day when teenagers don't read. They are very enthusiastic. That is so inspiring to me. "

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" I would like to be able to disappear whenever I do something dorky. "

" Who hasn't had the 'I went to school/work in my underwear' dream? "

" 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. "

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

" I would love to go to Greece. "

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" I went to Holland Christian High School in Holland, Michigan, and to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "

" I was a blueberry picker, bindery worker, bookstore clerk and later manager, and a Realtor. "

" Nearly every notable event in 'Wake' has a date or a time stamp. "

" 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. "