The main character in my YA debut -- Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe -- adores vintage shoes.

It was never decided for me; I just started writing.

A steady babble of talk and laughter echoed from the room. The two girls within were whiling the afternoon away doing what they liked most

Wow, that was like so hard. I can

Florescent green stars/Permanently stuck to the ceiling

It was half past midnight when Ginny flipped her computer on.

Nate woke up with a sudden jerk, hitting his head against the wall as he fell back.

We asked the questions, and he answered. Introducing new up and comer Steven Kaplan.

How do you come up with this stuff? The most popular question

I'm one of those people who woke up one day and said, "Hey, I think I'm going to go to school for screenwriting."