I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction.

I was in love with Scott Bennett. That I had been in love with him my whole life, practically.

I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

I love my mom so much, and I always have, but I was definitely a monster to her a lot during my teen years.

I'm definitely of the 'Harry Potter'-transfigured-me-into-a-reader-and-writer generation. And that's really all I read throughout my teen years, because I really devoted all my time to writing and reading friends' fan-fiction.

The eighties were my teen years, so the GoGos are sort of a touchstone.