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I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read.

I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.

When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books that get us through our childhood stay with us for life.

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

I feel lucky that my career so far has included books for adults and books for kids. They're equally important to me, and I hope I get to continue writing both.

I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't need to write a book for adults.

I prefer to write books for children instead of reading them. But I do strongly believe in childhood and in respecting childhood innocence. I don't like books for children that deal with adult themes.

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.

I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for adults. I don't write anything - put anything in my books - that I'd be embarrassed to put in an adult book.

I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction.