![]() ![]() It was perfect timing because it gave me just enough distance to gain perspective on my teen years, and I feel like I now have something to say as a YA writer. ![]() It wasn’t until a few years after I graduated college and stopped having anyone making me write that I realized I wanted to write. But even though I enjoyed it, writing felt like something I had to do for whichever teacher gave me the assignment. Writing was always the subject I enjoyed most in school-I found it fun and gratifying to play with words and find just the right phrasing for a given thought. When did you first learn about this field of work? How did you know it was what you wanted to do?Įver since I fell in love with books as a child, I deeply admired authors, but I didn’t picture myself becoming one. My debut novel Emerge (Book 1 in the Mer Chronicles series) is a contemporary fantasy that offers a peek into a world where mermaids aren’t just real but live secretly among us. ![]() I write what I would most like to read, which means I write books that feel magical-whether that feeling comes from magic itself, from beautiful, alluring settings, or from the sparkle and temptation of first love. I’ve heard readers say I write modern fairy tales. What do you do write and what is the name of your book(s)? ![]()
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