Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.

I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.

- Vanessa Diffenbaugh

There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.

There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.

- Vanessa Diffenbaugh

First drafts are never any good - at least, mine aren't.

First drafts are never any good - at least, mine aren't.

- Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'

The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'

- Vanessa Diffenbaugh

We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.

We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.

- Vanessa Diffenbaugh

I'm missing work. We didn't have enough money for preschool. I had a panic attack. I couldn't do it. I became one of those horrible foster parents who give the kids back.

I'm missing work. We didn't have enough money for preschool. I had a panic attack. I couldn't do it. I became one of those horrible foster parents who give the kids back.

- Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.

Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.

- Vanessa Diffenbaugh

I was a screenwriting and studio art major in college, so even though I don't have any training as a floral designer, I have a very particular visual aesthetic.

I was a screenwriting and studio art major in college, so even though I don't have any training as a floral designer, I have a very particular visual aesthetic.

- Vanessa Diffenbaugh

I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book.

I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book.

- Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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