Luckily I've Had A Lot Of Great

I Didn't Go To Latin America Thinking, 'i'm Gonna Write A Book. This Is What I'm Gonna Do.' I Went There To Work For Unicef And To Learn.

I'm Just Not Political. I Have Opinions, But There's Nothing About The Process That Has Ever Interested Me. I'm 22, And This Is The First Interview I've Ever Done In My Life.

As I've Gotten Older, My Mannerisms Are More And More Like My Mom's. Also, She Was An Educator - She's Extremely Passionate About Education And Children. I Guess I Inherited That In Some Way.

[my Mom] Is Quite The Strict Editor. I Feel Like Maybe She Has More Of The Old-school Editing Style, Which Really Works In Picture Books, Because You Don't Want To Articulate Anything In Words That Is Already Shown Through The Pictures.

My Dad Saw My Husband's Boss At A Conference, And He Said To Stop Paying My Husband Until We Produce Children.