An Author Like you

Question:

I just want to let you know that I think you are a truly amazing author with an awesome sense of youth! I can connect to your Alice books better than any other fictional (or non-fictional) text I have ever read. Your book “Alice Alone” helped me through a tough breakup…and my situation was almost the same as hers! The way you described Alice’s emotions completely matched my own, and it helped me sort through them. It is stunning how you can write about teenagers so accurately. I have been reading your Alice books since grade 5 and they have both educated me and helped guide me through the rogh spots in life, and they probably always will. I just want to extend my most sincere thanks for helping so many teenagers such as myself deal with the curve balls life throws at them.
P.S When I am older I think I would like to be an author…like you!

Phyllis replied:

Thanks so much for writing to me. You letter means a lot.