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I'm endlessly fascinated with the ways families work and the ways they don't.

Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing.

I like stories that affect families.

My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relationships in their families and communities.

To me, families are puzzles that take a lifetime to work out - or not, as often is the case - and I like to explore how people within them try to connect, be it through love, duty, or circumstance.

I'm attracted to stories that deal with the family and what it's like to be a member of that family, whether it's together or apart, given the pressures that are put on it by the outside world.

My stories are fundamentally about the love of family.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

A lot of what I'm obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their father.