Writer | Gamer | Booktuber | Coffee/Tea-Addict | Traveler | Foodie

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I have lived in California, Hawaii, Texas, London, and Zimbabwe, but I am still a Southern California girl. I love the beach and the ocean, but I'm happy to sit with my laptop in a coffee shop sipping my fourth (erm, fifth) latte. My schooling consists of a BA from UC Riverside and an MFA from Kingston University, both of which were Creative Writing degrees... I kind of really love writing ❤️

I started telling stories when I was four and started writing them when I was eleven. As a pre-teen, I wrote fanfiction and then (as an adult) grew into my own fantasy novel that kind of looked like urban-fantasy with a sci-fi twist. I was an avid reader of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, who was the inspiration to become a novelist, and like most kids my age, I loved Harry Potter. I was introduced to Neil Gaiman, fell in love, and that opened a gateway back into reading that I had lost somewhere along the way. Recently, I've been exploring the wonders of audiobooks so I can take care of household chores while keeping up with my growing appetite for stories. I am in love with Victoria Schwab, Rin Chupeco, Mira Grant (Seanan McGuire), Sabaa Tahir, K.M. Szpara, and Kendare Blake. Honorable mentions to Tomi Adeyemi, Leigh Bardugo, Caitlin Doughty, Jay Kristoff, Holly Black, and Bethany C. Marrow for writing books I've loved and who have inspired me to continue this journey!