I just wanted to tell you that I love your books…

Question:
I am a huge fan of your Alice books! I love them so much that just over this past week of spring break I read 3 of them! I just can’t get enough like I read them slowly because I don’t want them to end but then sometimes I read them quickly because I just can’t wait to see what happens next. I would be the most clueless girl in my entire school if it weren’t for your books. I feel like Alice and her friends are my friends as well, and whenever she is sad I’m sad and whenever she is happy so am I. And I love Lester and Alice’s relationship, he is so funny! I’ve read all of them so far and now I’m in the middle of reading Including Alice. I’m going to be sad when they are done and the last book goes from Alice at 18 to 60? That will be exciting because I am 18 right now and I’ll feel very close to her. When I read about Alice and how she goes through all those embarrassing moments and how she is ! not afraid of asking anything and how she tackles her problems, it makes me want to be just like her and do the same and it has made me feel more confident in myself as well. Sorry that I am writing so much but because none of my friends read them, I need someone to talk to about the books! 🙂
Anyway I just wanted to tell you that I love your books and I think you are an amazing writer and I am thankful for all the mistakes that Alice makes so that I don’t make the same mistakes, and we both learn from them! 🙂

PHYLLIS Replied:
I’m delighted that you enjoy the Alice books so much. It makes writing them all the more worthwhile.