I Grew Up In Cyprus And Egypt,

When I Was Eight Years Old, I Wrote A Paragraph-long Short Story About A Goat On My Mother's Hundred-pound, Black-and-white-screen Laptop. The Story Came About Largely Because I Liked The Way The Word 'goat' Looked On The Page, But I Decided Then And There That I Wanted To Be A Writer. That Desire Never Changed.

In The End, All You Want Is Someone To Long For You When It Comes Time To Put You In The Ground.

I Like Dark Subject Matter. I'm Not Sure What That Means About Me!

My Road To Publishing Actually Came Through A Colleague Who Connected Me To My Agent, And The Faculty At Cornell Was Very Supportive.

What Inspires Me Most To Write Is The Act Of Traveling.