Karen Umberger

I first started writing when I was about 12 or 13. I had a favorite boyband at that age and would write little "plays" starring my the band and myself.

The story behind Dark Secrets is a strange one actually. I had come up with the idea for and actually wrote a chapter that wound up being about halfway through the book. I continued on from there, then went back and finished the book by starting it. In other words, I wrote the first chapters of the book after I had written the last chapters. I think the idea originally came to me for that catalyst chapter from wanting to see if I could write something darker than the fare I usually wrote.