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'Even though I had a tough life coming from an abusive home, God never allowed anything to overcome me and take me out.'

"The main reason someone is going to pick up a work of fiction is to be entertained."

"I think that's God's way of letting me know I'm doing the right thing in my fiction."

"Class distinctions are timeless and can still be problematic, but true friendship and love erases the lines between us."

"I was particularly moved by the plight of the Dalit children, struggling to get a good education so that their generation might rise above the oppression and gain real equality and human dignity."

"I get to live through her as she deals with the headaches and joys of moving toward her goal to run the Bailey House, a bed and breakfast on the Outer Banks."

"I want to whet the reader's appetite for a deeper relationship with Christ and therefore weave the power of Scripture into the fabric of all of my stories."

'Whether it's just my turn of phrase or the really bad puns, I live to make people laugh.'

"I think [readers] will identify with that desperation to keep childhood ambitions alive despite the constant battering of disillusionment."

"I write stories that help me explore my life; and, that's what I hope they do for my readers as well."