>> in "diviner," our starlighter, who's named koren, has to resurrect this fallen dwarf star called exodus. and she's told that if she resurrects this star, it will spread this pheterone gas around the atmosphere so that the slaves can be released by the dragon king. >> you're called "an american christian fantasy writer." what does that mean? >> well, what that means to me is that i'm a christian author who loves to write fantasy stories. now, my stories aren't overtly christian so that people feel like they're being preached at. i kind of take the legacy of c.s. lewis and how he wrote the "chronicles of narnia" and how he put themes in there like heroism and sacrifice and love and courage in order to help people progress in their spiritual thinking and not feel like they're being nagged or preached at. >> what do you hope readers will take away from the series? >> my hope is that a reader will feel encouraged that they, too, can do heroic things and make the sacrifices that they need to make in order to help in their little corners of the world. >> what advice do you have for teens who w