Quotes from Alane Ferguson

No, that's because there are more interesting things to do." Her grandmother looked at her sharply. "Like cutting into dead bodies" Carmeryn swallowed back her irration. "Yeah-the live one kick too much.

Forensics had taught her that scars left tissue much tougher than skin.

I've decided that I can also touch the hearts of many - dead people, but the living, too. (Cameryn Mahoney)

it's a sad world we live in when a human being leaves so little of a mark that no one even realizes it when he's gone.

And third my Dad doesn't like you.He won't tell me why but he's a smart man.If he doesn't like you I can't like you,either.

I don't feel anything but rage for the person who gave me a secret I didn't want.

It's a sad world we live in when a human being leaves so little of a mark that no one even realizes it when he's gone

I'm really connected to people, and my relationships with people are paramount, so I write about relationships, particularly strong female ones. In my family, there were six girls born in five years. We were best friends. And my parents raised all of us as first-class citizens.

What would you have if you didn't have a murder in a mystery? You'd have something for the lower-level readers. When you get up into the upper levels, there's nothing that will engage you or compel you or get your emotions churning like a murder. It's the ultimate stakes.

To conquer death you only have to die.

One of the biggest challenges of writing for middle-grade or even young-adult readers is that I don't want to have too much violence in it - which really limits what you can do. It's important that they're not just bloodbaths or glorifying violence. I always try to show that a person who dies leaves a hole. There's grief in my books.