Q: How long have you been writing and what other careers or jobs have you had?
A. I began writing at the age of nine after reading My Side of the Mountain. The “escape from home” idea enthralled me (sadly enough!), spurring me to write my own version of a similar story with me, of course, as the heroine. I started working at thirteen (in a kennel), then worked for a cardiologist, a surgeon, in two hospitals (working my way through