Elana Koehler, Writer

School: Augusta University
Major: English
Favorite Book: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Reading has profoundly changed my life. The majority of my early childhood memories are my parents reading stories aloud to my brother and me, one of our favorites being the Magic Tree House series. Those are perhaps the memories I cherish the most; the ones I think of when I am sad or lonely that instantly make my day better. I struggled with perfectionism from a young age, and one of the things that helped me to cope and to feel better was reading. The stories I love most are the ones with endings, characters, or plot elements that stray from predictability. I realized that if the characters and the books that I loved so much benefited from a change of plans or plot, then maybe I could as well.

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