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I was sent on a mission to find out about where and when you might visit us, a family of lonely Canadians reading up a storm in New Jersey.  So, that is my first question.  Might you come to NYC soon?

Then I saw Angela’s post and had to follow with roughly the same story.  I read MacDonald hall when I was 10 or so and was so impressed with the book – I remember receiving it, having it In my hand, how the cover looked – scholastic Apple? – and reading it – and my amazement at  our  relatively on-par ages  at the time  you published.  It helped to be in the can-do decade of the 80’s but now I knew, I just knew, that I could write awesome fiction too.

I didn’t.  But it was books like yours which I gobbled up that made writing a breeze for me, and now I write for a living.  My son loves your books and thank goodness there are so many.   We really hope to see you here in the tri-state; I can’t think of a better way for them to learn about writing fame then seeing you read.  

Thanks for working so hard at your calling!