JoAnne Myers asked Marylee MacDonald:

What made you want to write books?

Marylee MacDonald I'm interested in people, in what makes them tick, why they behave the way they do, why they love one another and then fall out of love. Also, why we mourn so deeply the loss of our loved ones and still have to pick ourselves up and get on with our lives. I am fascinated at the way stories can help us make sense of the random events that constitute real life. Perhaps writing helps me confer meaning on what might otherwise seem meaningless. Writing is a compulsion. I spent many years working construction, but even then, I was always scribbling away whenever I had a free moment.

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