Sarah Leberknight, Summer Intern

I would not be where I am right now, sitting here in the midst of multiple English degrees in college and writing for a number of journalistic publications, without reading. As a kid, I’d call myself the “lean, mean, reading machine” because I’d read so many books. Reading is what drew me to my love of consuming and telling stories, and book series like Rainbow Magic and Thea Stilton inspired me to start writing my own novel in 6th grade. From there, I continued to read and write, eager to learn about writing techniques and immerse myself in magical worlds.