We've had really good mainstream publicity for these books and both Wanted and Chosen were snapped up as movie deals before each series even ended so I'm honestly just pinching myself.

When I was 12, all I wanted for Christmas was a trampoline or a four-wheeler. I ended up getting both presents for Christmas.

I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones.

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.

If I were really being myself. I'd just curl up in the corner and knit.

The animated books pay the lowest rates at the Big Two and you can forget about royalties.