It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.

I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination.

The older I get, the less I obsess about material stuff. In fact, stuff has become the enemy. There always seems to be more of it than I have storage in my house!

I like both Greek and Egyptian. More Greek stories have survived, so we know more about them. They've always been my favorite. On the other hand, I like the Egyptian stories because they're not as commonly known and they have an exotic flavour.

I wrote for 10 years before I even started the 'Percy Jackson' series.

I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters.