Jessica Savitch

I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.

Being a novelty had its advantages.

When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it.

Dude, I throw a stick. Come on. I get paid a pretty good salary to throw a stick.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.