Christina Baker Kline

As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events. ”

I think fondly of the rabbit holes I disappeared down when I researched papers for history and English because I couldn't find quite what I was looking for, or because I had to go through so much material to find examples for my thesis. ”

My parents are a bedrock. And I have three complex, strong, and funny sisters who inspire and sustain me. ”

When you can type a few words into a search engine and land on your topic - or when you can scan a Shakespeare play for specific words or symbols - what opportunities might you miss to expand your thinking in unexpected ways? ”

Without even thinking about it, my son uses technology in almost everything he does, large and small. ”

I was stunned to learn that more than 200,000 abandoned, neglected, or orphaned children had been sent from the East Coast to the Midwest on trains between 1854 and 1929. ”

Many people, for many reasons, feel rootless - but orphans and abandoned or abused children have particular cause. ”

Words are both my vocation and my avocation - reading, writing, editing, teaching. ”

There's no question that my son is better prepared for college than I was. He manages his time better, is more efficient and more directed, and spends less time in lines and more time doing exactly what he sets out to do. ”

Book clubs, both online and in person, have become a large percentage of the reading public, and many of them won't consider reading books in hardcover. ”