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I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books.

The younger generation is surrounded by the Internet, apps, and video games. But somehow, my books make them read.

People in their forties, fifties, and onward enjoy the whole world of books in a different way than the Internet-age kids do.

I'm thirty years old, but I read at the thirty-four-year-old level.

I think it's so important for young readers to find a book or series that ignites their passion for reading, especially boys, whose interest in reading wanes as they grow older.

As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That's about the most you can do, I think.

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young.

I don't think kids have a problem reading books meant for adults; the problem is on the other side of the fence, a misconception of what one kind of literature is 'supposed' to be, perceived to be, as opposed to another: if it's for kids, it can't be any good; it's got to have been dumbed down and/or sweetened up.