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Literature has become my life.

Literature has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can't think back before a time that I didn't love writing and reading. When I was really young, my mother would read poems to me. I loved Edgar Allan Poe - I am sure I didn't understand it, but I loved it.

I have a huge passion for literature.

Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food.

I've loved reading all my life.

I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word.

Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind.

Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me.

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.