Biography Embarrassing fact: One of my earliest memories involves a five-year-old me overhearing a teacher at my school telling another teacher, "Lizzy sometimes talks to herself, but I'm not worried about it."
In the spirit of overcoming the embarrassing nature of that statement, let me here embrace talking to myself. I'll try to ask myself questions that you, as a visitor to my web site (Thanks for stopping by!) might like to know. So, Liz. Where'd you grow up? You know that! You were there. Ahem? Okay. Last joke about talking to myself. I grew up in Paoli, a suburb of Philadelphia on what's called the Main Line. A book that I think is set on the Main Line is THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. It's also set in heaven. You should read it if you're very brave. So you live in PA? No, now I live in Seattle. But I go home when I can to see my mom and dad, my older brother Sean, and his wife Susan.

Hey, isn't your book set in Seattle, too? Yes it is! Convenient, that. It's set in the neighborhood where I live, Fremont. You can see some pics of Fremont and its Troll on my Gallery page. Have you always wanted to be a writer? I can honestly say I have. I didn't always think it was possible as a career, but I've always loved writing. It was the part of me that was nurtured all through school. I was never sure if this story was true, but my kindergarten/first grade teacher predicted that one day she'd see my book at the library. Now I have proof, which my mom found in a closet! So what other jobs have you had? Café girl, bookseller at the fabulous All for Kids Books & Music, editorial intern at Highlights for Children, Montessori school assistant (the longest-running part of my grown-up jobs), other school jobs, and now I write novels and work as a freelance writer for some fun web sites and magazines. Why do you want to write for teenagers? I just think that my inner voice is perpetually fifteen years old. I think like a fifteen year old, who's lived for twenty-nine years, if that makes any kind of sense. I write the kind of books I like to read. I'm just drawn to the themes of growing up, too. Anything else you'd like to add? Here's a picture of me dressed as a witch for Halloween. It's another cool relic because the witch dress in THE OPPOSITE OF INVISIBLE was really the image that inspired the whole book.