![]() ![]() The truth is, there aren’t any grown-ups. Inside, they look just like they always have. … Outside they are big and thoughtless and they always know what they’re doing. Grown-ups don’t look like grown-ups on the inside. The main character is talking with his wise friend Lettie, who says this: “I’m going to tell you something important. There’s a passage from Neil Gaiman’s book “The Ocean at the End of the Lane” that I love. ![]() I write for kids because I feel like a kid. If I did win a million dollars, I would like a small beach house on a secluded cliff on an island. In addition, I spent a lot of time calling and sending letters to companies who dared put on the back of their products: “For comments or suggestions, please call this number.” Pace Picante specifically got a lot of correspondence from me because I very much wanted them to come out with a thin and chunkless variety of their salsa. A Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes in the mail? Heaven. ![]() A scratch-off card from the local car dealership? Yes, please. A contest on the back of the cereal box? I’d enter as many times as allowed. Have you ever entered a sweepstakes? What would you do if you hit the jackpot? Ellis talks with The Salt Lake Tribune about her latest novel. ![]()
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