There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55.

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I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly...

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly...

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was...

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was...

I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation...

I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation...

My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce...

My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce...

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the...

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the...

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old...

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old...

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get...

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get...

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life,...

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life,...