ERIC YANG: "I just read a lot of things, like the atlas,the Internet,magazines, maps,travel guide books.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

Still,she says her books reflect the Nancy Drew stories that she read as a child: "Things that I read as a kid keep cropping up in my own work whether I realize it or not.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

I read a lot of books.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15