Destiny Soria

When I was a little girl, I wrote a book entitled Horses of All Kinds (complete with illustrations and staple binding). I've been writing ever since, though with fewer crayons. I grew up in a tiny town in Alabama that you've never heard of, where I spent my summers playing with sticks in the woods and exploring such distinguished careers as Forest Bandit, Wayward Orphan, and Woodland Fairy Princess. Since none of those were actual college majors, I settled on English, so that I could read and write to my heart's content--and earn a degree while I was at it. After college, I ran away to New Zealand for seven months, where I only pretended to be a character from Lord of the Rings on special occasions. The rest of the time I backpacked across the wilderlands, petted fluffy sheep, and gave tours of a haunted prison. Nowadays I live and work in the shadow of the mighty Vulcan in Birmingham, AL. In my spare time, I hula hoop badly, direct a Shakespearean web series called Shakes, and snuggle with my cat Sophie (named for the witch in Howl's Moving Castle, of course).