Check out my interview on the Fruitcake Files. Thanks to Jude for asking the questions!

My ideas arise from settings. I grew up in the country outside of Baltimore, MD and York, PA. Many of my stories have a country attitude. Naomi and the Horse-Flavored T-Shirt came about because I traded the story to my friend Naomi for a T-Shirt. I asked her what kind of story she wanted and the book arose from her request.