Barbara Park

My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how desperately I don't want the story to end.

My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that looked like the Michelin Man.

I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.