(Yup, still nerdy.) Learned how to research and how to make sentences better. Even have dual citizenship – though I keep the American accent intact.ġ English husband + 1 English son + 1 tortoiseshell cat.īefore writing, was a reference book editor, working on encyclopedias about writers. I’m still in London, and still not entirely serious. I had studied for a semester in London and thought it was a great place, so came over for fun, expecting to go back to the US after 6 months to get serious. Moved to London after graduating from Oberlin in 1984. Why doesn’t anyone ask that of professional singers, painters, dancers? That year forced me to write all the time and take it seriously. There’s a lot of debate about whether or not you can be taught to write. MA in creative writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1994. No one was surprised that I went there I was made for such a progressive, liberal place. Montgomery.īA in English, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1984. Book I would have taken to a desert island: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Favorite authors back then: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madeleine L’Engle, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Joan Aiken, Susan Cooper, Lloyd Alexander. Spent a lot of time lying on my bed reading. Father was a photographer for The Washington Post.
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