There's No Book Or Play Or Series

"margaret" Was Just My Truth. It Was What I Knew To Be True About Sixth Grade.

I Was Little Miss Perfect. That's Where All The Secrets Come In, Because You Know Damn Well You Are Not Perfect, But You Think Your Parents Want You To Be. And So You Pretend.

I Do Believe That People Who Write For Children Are Deeply Connected To Their Own Childhood.

Something Awful Happens To A Person Who Grows Up As A Creative Kid And Suddenly Finds No Creative Outlet As An Adult.

It Didn't Happen In The 70s. So I Had A Whole Decade When I Was Writing These Books And Maybe There Was A Little Bit Here Or There But There Was No Big Effort To Ban Books.