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I Grew Up In Conservative Rural Kansas In The 1950s When It Was Expected That Girls Would Not Have A Life Outside The Home, So Educating Them Was A Waste Of Time

I Always Wrote; My First Story Was Published In The Magazine The American Girl When I Was 11

The Rich Are Different Than You And Me: They Have More Money And They Have More Power.

I Think Peter Dickinson Is Hands Down The Best Stylist As A Writer And The Most Interesting Storyteller In My Genre.

While We Were Walking Around, We Came To The Catholic Church, And We Saw That Some People Had Set Fire To Carpets And Banked Them Around The Rectory, Which Was Made Out Of Wood. They Knew Every Fire Truck On The South Side Was Going To Be In The Park, That The Rectory Would Just Burn To The Ground. Our One Little Act Was Putting Out That Fire.