We asked our authors from around the world to share their thoughts on why they write, why they read, and the books that have influenced them.
Here’s what they had to say.
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Reading, writing, and story have always been my gateway. They fulfill me the way nothing else can. Since I was a little girl, I’ve lived pieces of my life in different worlds, in a thousand different characters. I don’t know who I would be without the magic of the printed word, only that I would be different, darker, and much less than I am now. Story made me, and continues to make me every day.
