Although Liesel Litzenburger once was hesitant to share her writing with people who weren't family or friends, she moved past that trepidation to pursue her dream — being a published novelist.
"My shyness was outweighed by my thrill of seeing my name in print," she said. "That's sort of the trade off."

Authoress Lesley M. M. Blume is nothing short of a verbile logolept, which isn't as bad as it sounds. Simply put, she's captivated and most easily inspired by words.
History contains a heaping amount of secrets and adventures. Author Jennifer Holm has taken it upon herself to be the detective who exposes them.
While you may be familiar with stories about people turning into animals, here's a premise you definitely haven't encountered before: 16-year-old Gretchen Yee wakes up as a fly trapped inside the boy's locker room at her high school, where she proceeds to spy on her schoolmate's conversations, as well as their — well, um, let's put it as Gretchen Yee puts it — "gherkins."
From the depths of the La-Z-Boy recliner in his New York City apartment, author John Green spends much of his time writing, and not chewing Nicorette gum by the cheek-full.
Growing up in the suburbs of Ohio, Andrew Auseon developed his independent personality as the middle of three brothers.
