Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnsonis an American author of young adult fiction. She has published ten young adult novels to date, including the Shades of London series and the Suite Scarlett series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 February 1973
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
gone teeth upstairs
Which is both gross and breathtakingly romantic. He could always have just gone upstairs and brushed his teeth, but he stayed and lurked by the fish for me.
successful careers evil
Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.
winning imagination done
This pool is a triumph of imagination. That's how you win at life, Gin. You have to imagine your way through. Never say something can't be done. There's always a solution, even if it's weird.
writing careers two
Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.
i-like-you mad sane
I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.
hurt snakes giving
Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.
book bye hello
It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.
book stories wipe
You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.
pain sweat half
Spicy food and I have a close relationship—an obsessive one, in fact. If it’s spicy, I want it. I want to sweat and shake and go half blind from the searing pain . . . which, now that I put it that way, seems really suggestive. But spicy stuff is addictive. That’s a known fact of science.
sleep night sneaking-around
I sleep better knowing that a naked cork-eater is not sneaking around at night, stealing my underwear.
funny-things
The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.
brought found heard kinds lights north saw technology
All kinds of technology has been brought to the North Slope, and the way it was actually found was that someone heard a gurgling noise, put some lights on it, and saw it.