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Author Stefanie Pratt

I am a native Montanan and the youngest of seven children.  I moved to Washington in 1998 and have lived here since.  I am the mom of three gifted children who challenge me and frustrate me in equal measure.  We currently reside in Olympia, Washington.

 I began writing in high school, completing my first novel on a Commodore 64, saved on I can’t tell you how many floppy disks.  I actually have no idea where that novel is and if I did, I’d have no way to retrieve it…  I stopped writing to pursue my education but quickly realized I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up… oddly, I still don’t know.  So I decided to find a “real job”.  Over the course of the next twenty years, I was everything from a barista, to a restaurant manager, to a purchasing agent and an administrative assistant to the owner of a fire truck construction company and everything in between.

After having my children and they began reading, I noticed that the content of many books that they were able to comprehend was entirely inappropriate for their age and thought at the time that someone should write books that younger children with extreme vocabularies could read without destroying their innocence.  Yet, I didn’t get serious about writing until a couple of years ago.  By the time I worked up the nerve to attempt self-publishing, I’d amassed a stack of rejection letters and seven complete manuscripts.

I have begun writing a fantasy novel that my children could read with appropriate content that I hope is advanced enough to challenge their minds.  But I prefer to write contemporary romance with a heavy emphasis on psychology and the emotions of my characters.  I feel that if my reader can feel what the character feels and can identify with it, I’ve done my job.