When questioned about my favorite authors, I have a long list. I also pretty much just say Kate DiCamillo and Jennifer Trafton. Upon my request for an interview, the latter said yes, and it became the happiest day of my life. I am thrilled to share my conversation with Jennifer Trafton, the author of The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic and Henry and the Chalk Dragon, as well as (I have to mention it) the wife of one of my other favorite authors. Author and Artist Interview: Jennifer Trafton In your piece “The Art of Play,” you wrote that when you sit down to write, you are a child in your bedroom imagining with your toys. For years, I suppressed my own imagination, and everything I wrote was horrible. No one would accept it. Then I read your article. That day, I set myself free and wrote what the child version of myself wanted. It is now a published novel. Do you approach every creative venture in that way? Congratulations! It gives me great joy that I was a small p