Every writer, no matter published, unpublished, award-winning, or bestselling, faces insecurity. It crops up everywhere and, in my personal experience, nearly every day. It's just a part of the process.

You don't write a book. You write a sentence and then a paragraph and then a page and then a chapter. Looking at writing 400 plus pages or seventy thousand odd words is incredibly daunting, but if you just focus on the immediate picture - say, 500 words - it's not so overwhelming.

One of the things that defines YA is a really strong narrative. Adults love YA because, at the end of the day, they're good stories and page-turners. The other element is emotion. The teen years are a very emotional and intense time, and I think it's a time we that we can all relate to and remember.

'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte has been my all-time favorite book since I was in middle school.

I love anything by Deb Caletti. She's my absolute favorite young adult author. I love Ally Carter as well.

I think that one of the reasons Shakespeare withstands the test of time is that his themes are so universal.

Seriously, I am a terrible plotter when it comes to my novels. Terrible. I love to kind of feel my way into a book.

When I write novels, it's just me alone in a room.

Defining success is an ongoing challenge.

My favorite 'Eloise' book is probably 'Eloise in Paris.'