I Am Drawn To The Ways In

So Much Depends Upon A Blue Car Splattered With Mud Speeding Down The Road.

Once 'walk Two Moons' Received The Newbery Medal, I Decided To Write Full-time. Partly Because There Seemed To Be An Audience Out There Who Wanted To Read What I Wanted To Write, And Partly Because I Could Now Support Myself Financially Through Writing.

In Many Of My Books, I Explore The Ways In Which Grandparents Or Other Older Persons Are Shaped By The Young, And The Young Are Shaped By The Old, In An Evolving Dance.

I Tried. Can't Do It. Brain's Empty.

Being A Mother Is Like Trying To Hold A Wolf By The Ears,” Gram Said. “if You Have Three Or Four –or More – Chickabiddies, You’re Dancing On A Hot Griddle All The Time. You Don’t Have Time To Think About Anything Else. And If You’ve Only Got One Or Two, It’s Almost Harder. You Have Room Left Over – Empty Spaces That You Think You’ve Got To Fill Up.