WRITING: I grew up reading early and voraciously and began writing on my own shortly afterward. My maternal grandmother had a BA in Journalism and my mother was a poet. Their encouragement and early influences (...)

What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote?

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I grew up reading early and voraciously and began writing on my own shortly afterward. My maternal grandmother had a BA in Journalism and my mother was a poet. Their encouragement and early influences made it a natural part of my life. I kept a journal and had my first poem published at around age 11. I began writing longer fiction in my early thirties.