I have lived in the pages of books for as long as I can remember. My love of reading began at a young age and it was fiercely nurtured by my local library — their Summer Reading Program was my bread and butter — and my family. My grandmother sent me Highlights magazines and Nancy Drew books. My mom and dad introduced me to series like “Anne of Green Gables,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “The Chronicles of Narnia,” and “Lord of the Rings.” My older brother gave me recommendations and let me explore his shelves of fantasy and science fiction books. I inherited a box of classic novels from my uncle’s college days that cast me into a wider net of genres. Falling into a book and getting lost in another world remains one of my favorite things to this day. And it might have continued to be just that, an appreciation, if Tess hadn’t dragged me into another world. Writing.

Crafting a world and putting words on a page has been such a rewarding experience. I recently finished the first draft of my first novel and have a notes app full of inspiration for new projects that I am promising myself won’t interrupt my revisions. Inksters is the one thing that keeps me honest because the highlight of my month is the time we spend together discussing each other’s stories.

Other than a brief stint studying abroad in England, I have lived my whole life in the Pacific Northwest. I grew up in Port Angeles, Washington, next to the Olympic National Park, and currently reside near Portland, Oregon with my husband Tom and our cat Lyra. My greatest aspiration in life is being the person people ask for book recommendations, and my greatest fear is that no matter how many times that I play, I will never win a game of Dune: Imperium.