I came from the mountains of north Georgia and grew up in poverty.  However, after I grew up I realized that, with all the disadvantages my siblings and I had, we had a life with texture.  We had no television until I was in high school (and that was before we owned a washing machine or a refrigerator!), and we only had radio every now and then, so we had time for real experiences.  We told stories, made up games and learned to be creative.

I don't have a favorite book, but I suppose I had the most fun writing Hook Moon Night, which is a collection of the kind of scary stories told in my family when I was a kid. 

I just finished my first young adult novel and have sent it off to my agent.  Only time will tell if this will become a published book.  I hope so because it deals with the fundamentalist religion I grew up with--and the powerless role of women back in earlier times.