I was overwhelmed by how military families felt supported and honored by 'Nubs.'

I sold 'Hattie Big Sky' without an agent but quickly realized a writing career required an agent.

In a novel, you have space to develop a character or a scene. You don't have that luxury in a 700-800-word picture book.

After writing several chapter books, I found my true passion: historical fiction.

I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive.

Race is the true protagonist of the American novel. Our most popular classic fictions have known this, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Beloved;' all these books take on race or talk it out, often in other forms; they are less 'horror stories for boys' than ghost stories from a haunted conscience.

You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.

Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' series is a national treasure, beloved by generations. But what I love most is the peek it provides into the planting, harvesting, hunting, and preparing of the foods that America's settler families ate in the late 1800s.