CGhegan

Member Since:	11/06/2014
Birthdate:	02/01/1991
Gender:	Female
Email:	caitlin.ghegan@gmail.com
Location:	MA, USA
Preferred e-Readers:	Kindle
Preferred Genres:	Comic Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy, High / Epic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Travel, Comedic fiction, Historical fiction, Literary fiction, Women's Fiction, Alternate History, Cyberpunk, Hard Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Postapocalyptic/Dystopian, Middle Grade, Young Adult Contemporary, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult Historical, Young Adult LGBTQ, Young Adult Paranormal, Young Adult Science Fiction / Dystopian

Short Bio:

Meticulous editor; voracious reader; essayist and storyteller. Timeline: 1991 - Born in Jersey 1993 - Moved to Massachusetts; discovered love of caterpillars 1994 - Discovered fear of squished and furry caterpillars 1997 - Fell in love with a boy named Potter 2003 - Wrote first novel 2003 1/2 - Broke the floppy disk containing my first novel 2004 - First Writing award 2005 - Chain-Smoking Honors English teacher proclaimed I could not write 2005 1/2 - Demoted by chain-smoking teacher to "remedial" college-level English 2008 - Applied to undergraduate writing programs. 2009 - Victory in the Battle against the English Teacher (acceptance rate: 100%) 2009 - First college publication--Stillwater Literary Magazine 2011 - Started Noah Literary Magazine 2012 - First newspaper feature 2012 - Elected as Fiction Editor of Stillwater Literary Magazine 2013 - Graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca College with a B.A. in Writing 2013 1/2 - First publishing job (Marketing Asst.)

About CGhegan's Reading & Writing

I read mostly anything and everything because there's something to be learned in every book, even if it's what I do or do not like to read.

Favorite Writers:

David Mitchell
Neil Gaiman
Jhumpra Lahiri
Tamora Pierce
Craig Thompson

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