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We have been trained to broadcast our successes and hide our failures. But the truth is this: our failures humanise us, and they connect us to one another.

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I am not only the person who wrote and sold a novel while raising a houseful of biological and foster children; I am also the person who wrote a horrific young adult novel that never sold and gave up on a foster child I couldn't handle - an experience that still haunts me.

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It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.

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We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.

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Every second I have spare, I'm with my kids.

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I did a minor in creative writing in college, but I didn't start writing until I stayed at home with my own children.

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I love Toni Morrison and Jeanette Winterson. 'The Passion' is my favourite book.

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I wanted to write with emotional honesty and tell a story people could connect with. And I wanted people to know how the foster system in America fails children; and how, at 18, they fall through the cracks. Then we can all work together and give support.

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There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'

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Everyone needs something they're good at. You want your kids to be passionate and figure out something they're good at.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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