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I come from hardworking, determined people on both sides of my family... the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes.

I came from a very poor background. I came from children's homes; I came from a violent family, and against all the odds, I succeeded.

I am, first of all, a Christian and, secondly, a person with very very serious personal opinion, so I'm motivated by many many things and, certainly, not by the need or desire to satisfy other people's ideas of who I am.

I come from a poor family.

I do come from fairly humble beginnings.

I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.

I come from a long line of revolutionaries.

I'm a fairly ordinary person - a lifelong reader, a former software engineer, and former math teacher. I come from a wonderful family of teachers, musicians, librarians, and engineers. I think I surprised them as well as my friends and coworkers when I took up writing as a hobby and let it take over my life!