Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in a small suburban Northern Kentucky. It was tiny and bored me to tears, which pushed me to create worlds and adventures that expanded past the small township I lived in.
Also, living there made me realize that in my heart I loved the city.
When did you first start writing?
I started writing before I could write. When I was toddler, around three or four, I would tell my mom my stories and she would write them down for me into a journal. When I got older I started filling the journals myself. At the age eleven I had about a dozen journals and binders filled with my fictions and brainstorms.
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