▁Anderson ▁moved ▁back ▁to ▁Mexico , ▁New ▁York , ▁and ▁re kind led ▁feelings ▁with ▁her ▁child hood ▁sweet heart , ▁Scot ▁Lar ra be e . ▁Anderson ▁eventually ▁married — and ▁is ▁still ▁married ▁to — Lar ra be e . ▁T ogether , ▁they ▁combined ▁their ▁families — And erson ’ s ▁two ▁daughters ▁and ▁Lar ra be e ’ s ▁two ▁children , ▁Jess ica ▁and ▁Christian . ▁ ▁Career ▁Anderson ▁began ▁her ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁fre el ance ▁journalist ▁and ▁worked ▁at ▁The ▁Philadelphia ▁In qu ir er ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁her ▁career . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁Anderson ▁also ▁began ▁to ▁write ▁children ’ s ▁and ▁young ▁adult ▁nov els . ▁Despite ▁receiving ▁ ▁re jection ▁letters , ▁ ▁Anderson ▁released ▁her ▁first ▁children ’ s ▁novel , ▁N d ito ▁R uns , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁based ▁on ▁Ken yan ▁Olympic ▁mar athon ▁run ners ▁who ▁ran ▁to ▁and ▁from ▁school ▁each ▁day . ▁Later ▁that ▁year , ▁she ▁had ▁her ▁story ▁Turkey ▁P ox ▁published . ▁This ▁story ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁her ▁daughter , ▁Mer ed ith , ▁who ▁broke ▁out ▁with ▁ch icken po x ▁on ▁Thanks g iving . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Anderson ▁published ▁No ▁Time ▁For ▁Mother ’ s ▁Day , ▁featuring ▁the ▁same ▁characters . ▁ ▁During ▁her ▁early ▁career , ▁Anderson ▁wrote ▁several ▁pieces ▁of ▁non - f iction . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁a ▁children ' s ▁book ▁featuring