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Who am I?

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a huge fan of fantasy. I love the limitless opportunities to just let my imagination run wild. As a kid, I used to be obsessed with dragons and have a whole shelf full of (unfortunately quite chipped) dragon sculptures in my old bedroom in the US. I’d always be drawn to books, series, and movies about dragons or those set in fantastical worlds that I’d get to live vicariously in as the story played out.

My grandfather nurtured this fantastical fascination of mine by introducing books to me, which we’d often read together. From The Reluctant Dragon to The Wizard of Oz to The Hobbit to The Deltora Quest series, my love for fantasy grew with each book we read together. Since then, I’ve decided to create my own stories.