Meg Wolitzer — American Writer born on May 28, 1959,

Meg Wolitzer is an American writer, best known for The Wife, The Ten-Year Nap, The Uncoupling, and The Interestings. She currently works as an instructor in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton... (wikipedia)

My being a writer and playing Scrabble are connected. If I have a good writing day, I'll take a break and play online Scrabble. My favorite word as a child was 'carrion,' before I knew what it meant. I later created crossword puzzles, which was a lot about puns, and how words would create these strange, strange things.
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.
I really love Scrabble. I played it with my mother growing up. We took it everywhere with us. We didn't know then about the two letter words. Who knew that AA, or more controversially, ZA, or QI were words? We were a games family generally.
Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.
In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.