M.E. Summer

About me

Gender Female
Occupation Writer
Location Portland, Oregon, United States
Introduction I'm a Stumptown-based writer who spends my days writing training materials for various companies and my nights racing pell-mell across the keyboard after my rampaging imagination. I write novel-length stories with occasional forays into shorter fiction, and I write for young adults, except for when I don't. I have a BA in creative writing (I BS everything else), and I haunt bookstores for fun. My current writing project is a young adult novel about a girl on the grift. Non-writing interests include volunteering at a horse-therapy program for autistic children and learning the fine art of parenting from my newborn daughter. Follow my latest exploits on Twitter, Facebook, and my blog.
Interests YA lit, kidlit, fiction, writing, writers, social media, novels, publishing
Favorite Movies Serenity, Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice (the great whale of a BBC version), X-Men, Wedding Crashers, anything with good characterization and snappy dialogue
Favorite Music Evanescence, Delerium, Sleepthief, Archive, Hem, The Duhks, Alaska in Winter, Muse, Imogen Heap, Bonobo, My Chemical Romance, Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Sara Bareilles, Halou, Ann Heaton, Dar Williams, Damien Rice, Paramore, OneRepublic
Favorite Books Mercy Thompson series, Harry Potter series, Hunger Games, Wicked Lovely series, Sabriel, Secret of the Unicorn Queen series, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, The Long Walk, A Great and Terrible Beauty, Beautiful Creatures series