YA and Kids Books Central Interview

~Author Chat~

YABC:  What gave you the inspiration to write this book?

I wanted to write something that would make both kids and parents laugh. I noticed that my kids loved every picture book about underwear–and so did I! One day, I wrote the title THE UNDERWEAR FAIRY in my inspiration journal. I liked the assonance of it, and it seemed so full of potential for silliness and magic. It started out as a picture book manuscript, but when I realized how much I enjoyed writing the dialogue, I decided to expand it to chapter book length. That’s also when I started adding the Fun Fairy Facts, which are exactly the type of thing I would have loved as a third or fourth grader. They’re like a double dose of magic.