Alice & Patrick’s children

Hi!! I’m one of your biggest fans and I love the Alice books most of all! I was so happy when Alice and Patrick finally reunited and got married, I was afraid that you were going to make her marry someone else. I had to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming when they finally had children together. How did you decide how many children they would have? How did you decide their names and personalities? I loved the parts where Alice and Patrick interacted with their kids and I loved how you described Patricia looking identical to Patrick.

I’m glad you approved of her family.  Much of my decision was based on how long that book was going to be and how confused a reader might get if  Alice and Patrick had even more children and their children had children….and when would I know to stop?  I have a thick book called “What to Name a Baby,” and I usually look through that when I’m naming characters in a book.