Monthly Archives: October 2012

I’ve had so many wonderful meals in my life, but I think the most special would have been the weekly lunches with my Dad when he was alive. Pop was a connoisseur of mall Chinese food and always looked forward to lunch. (Fluffly white rice was a must.) When he was having chemo treatments, we ate every day at Din Tai Fung, this amazing place in Arcadia with the best soup dumplings ever (it was a Taiwanese chain). So many fond memories of those meals & hanging out with him.

Best advice to give my readers? Enjoy your time on the planet. Life truly is short, spend time with your loved ones and spend your days doing what you love. 

I don’t read fan fiction (feels odd). I outline and then depending on whether I like how it’s going, I keep going with the outline or I chuck pages and rewrite the outline and go on. 

I would say don’t expect to make a living off it. If it happens, great, but writing and finance are not compatible, when I decided to be a full-time writer I also told myself I would be happy being poor. I feel very lucky, but I also never expected to make a living off it. I always thought I’d have a day job.

Yes. Sort of. 🙂

Professionally since 1996, when I published by first piece in the New York Press. I sold my first novel, Cat’s Meow, in 1999 and it was published in 2001.

So many great books this year! Some of my faces: Code Name Verity, Gone Girl, Where’d You Go Bernadette

No plans as of yet, but hoping to make this happen at some point, sooner rather than later.

I can’t answer plot questions! 🙂 But the answer is in Gates of Paradise. I pretty much tried to answer all the fan questions in the finale.

When an ant crawled in my ear when I was about six months old. I am still terrified that another ant is going to crawl in my ear. 

There is FUN TOUR NEWS for Blue Bloods Gates of Paradise soon. You guys can VOTE where to send me. Details forthcoming.