Melissa de la Cruz

Being an adult comes with a whole new set of issues.

As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!

Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty hard times themselves.

I don't like to get in front of people.

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.

What was always interesting about Thomas Harris' books is they were a wonderful hybridization of a crime thriller and a horror movie.