I’m a doctor turned writer of middle grade and young adult fiction, as well as an avid reader, an identical twin, and a new mom. I live in Massachusetts but grew up in Texas and Arkansas.
As a kid I read anything I could get my hands on, but my favorites were fantasy novels. I read and re-read The Dark Is Rising series by Susan Cooper, The Lord of the Rings series by JRR Tolkein, and The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander. Yes, I was/am a dork.
My favorite kids books right now: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox
My favorite books for adults: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
