There are so many fantastic stories and I want to bring Thor and Odin and the other gods into the modern world, just like I did with the Greeks and 'Percy Jackson.' I'll give the books an urban setting and have young people interacting with the Norse gods.

The modern world is personal; people want to know intimate things.

Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world.

Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.

No one in the modern world controls the wealth or territory that Cleopatra did.

'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love.