Cynsations Intern: Bree Bender on a Life of Writing

By Bree Bender

I’ve heard it said that writers don’t choose writing. It chooses us. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been a writer. So, in a sense, I believe that statement is true. It’s just something I was born with, something that is so deeply a part of me, I don’t know where it ends and I begin. I think that’s the beauty of it. It’s like an old familiar friend who’s been with me through everything.

When I was young, I would get lost in books like Cages by Peg Kehret (Dutton, 1991)...