Anne Cordwainer has been writing fiction since the age of eight, when she began a series of closet dramas. These starred her collection of teddy bears as cute, furry extraterrestrials with anger management problems. She produced seven space operas in this series, as well as one Western spin-off, before abandoning the spacefaring teddy bear genre in favor of dreadful Pern fanfic.

She continued writing fiction as an adult, but never showed it to anyone outside her family until an overpowering need for intellectual stimulation led her to institute "Story Time" as a daily feature on a social forum. Other forum members became accustomed to the entertainment, even relying on it to help them get through tough days. Anne eventually ran out of fables

Anne Cordwainer has been writing fiction since the age of eight, when she began a series of closet dramas. These starred her collection of teddy bears as cute, furry extraterrestrials with anger management problems. She produced seven space operas in this series, as well as one Western spin-off, before abandoning the spacefaring teddy bear genre in favor of dreadful Pern fanfic.

She continued writing fiction as an adult, but never showed it to anyone outside her family until an overpowering need for intellectual stimulation led her to institute "Story Time" as a daily feature on a social forum. Other forum members became accustomed to the entertainment, even relying on it to help them get through tough days. Anne eventually ran out of fables and fairy tales, but hated to disappoint, so she finally allowed others to see her original work.

Reaction was so strongly positive that Anne reconsidered her amateur status and began offering full-length stories to magazines. Soon an editor gave her the kiss of the crown, confirming that she really was good enough, and she's never looked back.

Well, hardly ever.