Teasing's Part Of The Fun That Comes

As A Shy, Introverted, Scholarly Child (long Ago) I Don't Know What I Would Have Done Without Libraries! My Family Moved Often. I Was Always The New Kid In Town. The Library Always Offered Me My First And Most Important Friendship: The Place Where I Felt Right At Home. I Still Feel That Way Today, About Libraries.

It Be Better, I Think, To Climb Out In Search Of Something, Instead Of Hating, What You're Leaving.

People In The Know Say The Giver Was The First Young Adult Dystopian Novel.

So Many Of My Books, I Don't Want To Say They Have Messages, But They Have Important Things To Say.

I Tend Not To Think About Audience When I'm Writing. Many People Who Read "the Giver" Now Have Their Own Kids Who Are Reading It. Even From The Beginning, The Book Attracted An Audience Beyond A Child Audience.