Margaret Haddix

I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.

I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

Most people cringe at the thought of a casserole.

I'm proud that with 'Bright Eyes' we've always experimented and tried to make a different record every time out.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.