VC: I had a two-book deal with St. Martin’s Press. They were like, “What's next?” I thought, how about another taboo? Since that was so much fun to explore, what are the other American taboos out there? Twisted Family Values came about from a guy that I dated years ago for about ten minutes. He told me a story about a flirtation he had with his first cousin when they were young and the innocent childhood exploratory that kids do and how it carried on for longer than decorum would allow or should allow at the time. I thought, boy, that might be an interesting juxtaposition to take that scenario and drop it in a well-to-do community. How would that family and how would that community respond to something that, in theory, shouldn't be done?