A. Corrin first realized she wanted to be a writer when she was in middle school. The stress, peer pressure, her mother’s battle with cancer, and an impending major back surgery in the eighth grade drove her desperately to seek a distraction. Writing became an escape for her, and she soon found that she wanted to create that escape for others, creating realms of adventure through her stories, starting with Jonathan: Prince of Dreams, the first volume in her epic fantasy trilogy.
An interesting writing quirk of Corrin’s is that she handwrites all her stories on lined paper before typing them up, loving the feeling of the pen in her hand and holding a sheaf of paper covered in words that she’s written—sometimes up to 800 pages!
Corrin is inspired by fantasy fiction films and novels like the works of C.S. Lewis, Richard Adams, Markus Zusak, D.J. MacHale, Christopher Paolini, and so many others who have forced her to “think outside the box” and get creative. Non-verbal music has also been a powerful source of inspiration to Corrin, listening to classical music or movie scores, so that she can coast along wherever her imagination takes her.
To Corrin, a good story is one that transports the reader and gives them pause to consider their own faults and strengths as a human being in a way that doesn’t lecture or scold. A good story is thought-provoking, and when a reader has finished it and closes the book, a pang of emotion can be felt similar to that when bidding farewell to a dear friend. But a truly outstanding story is one that you will probably someday return to and read all over again.
