When my first children's book was published in 2001, I returned to my old elementary school to talk to the students about being an author and an illustrator, and when I was setting up my slide projector in the cafetorium, I looked across the room, and there she was: my old lunch lady.
Ketika buku cerita anak-anak saya pertama kali diterbitkan pada 2001, saya mengunjungi SD saya dulu untuk berbicara pada murid-murid tentang profesi penulis dan ilustrator, dan ketika saya mempersiapkan proyektor di aula kafetaria sekolah, saya melihat ke seberang ruangan, dan dia ada disana: ibu kantin saya dulu.