“After 30 novels, release day is still a thrill. It's always a little b...” — Luanne Rice Quote

“After 30 novels, release day is still a thrill. It's always a little bittersweet, too.”

“My first three-sisters novel in a while, 'Sandcastles' tells the story of the Sullivan family - two passionate artists and their three wildly different daughters. There's also a renegade nun and a mystery man, but I don't want to give too much away!”

“When my father died, I was 21, and he'd been sick for a few years. He changed during his illness. He kind of softened during it.”

“My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands of miles, often on my own. My parents were like my friends, so it felt like I didn't really have parents at all. But in a crazy way that was very liberating. It forced me to be independent, maybe a leader, and certainly a survivor.”

“The types of melodies I tend to write kind of have this bittersweet quality; they're meant to be uplifting but kind of have this melancholy vibe to it.”