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In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.

My life as an author has always been about brilliant, odd people.

I didn't think I would be an exceptional writer, and I thought I might be a useful publisher. I've never regretted it.

I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.

When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author.

I worked in publishing before I became an author, so I knew how a book gets made.

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.