Alane Ferguson Professions : Author Born : February 8, 1957 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Alane Ferguson It's a sad world we live in when a human being leaves so little of a mark that no one even realizes it when he's gone Alane Ferguson gone littles world Forensics had taught her that scars left tissue much tougher than skin. Alane Ferguson tissues taught skins No, that's because there are more interesting things to do." Her grandmother looked at her sharply. "Like cutting into dead bodies" Carmeryn swallowed back her irration. "Yeah-the live one kick too much. Alane Ferguson grandmother cutting interesting I've decided that I can also touch the hearts of many - dead people, but the living, too. (Cameryn Mahoney) Alane Ferguson decided heart people Tokyo Heist is a fast-paced, exotic reading adventure, a story where The da Vinci Code meets the wildly popular manga genre! Author Diana Renn infuses protagonist Violet with plenty of chikara (power) and Renn's fresh, spot-on author's voice is irresistible. I couldn't put it down! Alane Ferguson voice reading adventure To conquer death you only have to die. Alane Ferguson jesus-christ-superstar conquer death I'm really connected to people, and my relationships with people are paramount, so I write about relationships, particularly strong female ones. In my family, there were six girls born in five years. We were best friends. And my parents raised all of us as first-class citizens. Alane Ferguson parents best family people One of the biggest challenges of writing for middle-grade or even young-adult readers is that I don't want to have too much violence in it - which really limits what you can do. It's important that they're not just bloodbaths or glorifying violence. I always try to show that a person who dies leaves a hole. There's grief in my books. Alane Ferguson you violence grief challenges What would you have if you didn't have a murder in a mystery? You'd have something for the lower-level readers. When you get up into the upper levels, there's nothing that will engage you or compel you or get your emotions churning like a murder. It's the ultimate stakes. Alane Ferguson emotions nothing you mystery Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
