I bought a lovely necklace a few weeks ago, and met a lovely, charming woman who, like me, had been a teacher.  She told me a wonderful thing: that her daughter, Ms. Gillette, a teacher also, used The Vampire Diaries books to help encourage students to want to read.  My heart melted like butter.  I knew that some teachers I met in grad school or while teaching use my books, but not that this stranger was doing it as well.

I can't tell you how many emails I have gotten that say, in essence...