My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen.

If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed.