I've been writing books for over twenty-five years...sitting with my laptop on my front porch, in my favorite armchair, at my kitchen table once the kids have gone to school . . . and before that at a computer late at night in library carrels while my husband stayed home with the babies . . . or at a typewriter at a desk in the corner of our bedroom . . . and before that in a notebook while huddled in bed in my rented room in that freezing but atmospheric 18th C house in Germ

It was such an honor to be inducted into my high school's Gallery of Achievement in October. Thank you, Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School! So much fun to visit, and the trip down memory lane was extra special in the company of old and new friends. Here is the short acceptance speech I gave at the assembly. The last time I'd stood on the stage in my high school, I'd been working backstage as a prompter for the musical South Pacific! Gallery of Achievement Acceptance