Kelly Barnhill

I’m a writer; I’m a teacher. I like being both. As a writer, my primary concern has been the creation of fully realized characters. I spend quite a bit of time with my characters before they emerge in the context of a story. I track their movements; steal their grocery lists and appointment books, and poke around in their dirty laundry. I’m an excellent spy. Fiction offers the world to us, and we, in turn, bring our world to fiction.