“When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to un...” — Naomi Benaron Quote

When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.

I'm a triathlete. Running is when I do my best living and my best thinking. I love the discipline, pushing yourself to suffer as much as you can, because it leads to a form of redemption.

Love truly does have the power to transcend evil. It can get us through the most unspeakable of events and give us the strength to keep on putting one foot in front of the other.

Your hope is the most beautiful and the saddest in the world.

I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult.

It's a birthmark called nevus of Ota. It covers the whole white of my eye and darkens it. The square of the eye, the white part, is completely dark on my right eye, not just the iris.

I started in a covers band with my brothers when I was just four years old.

I have always wanted to do a Christmas album and covers.

Writers usually don't get to pick our own covers. I know it's surprising to hear that.