HQ Introductions

Hello there! I’m Emily and I am the newest intern here in the coffee-filled paradise that is the Office of Letters and Light. I was born and raised here in Berkeley, California and will be a junior in high school this fall. I’ve written six magical realism novels, which is more than I can count on one hand, so I may just have to stop now. (I kid!  Once you starting writing, I don’t think you can ever stop.  It’s like Star Wars or a really good concept album.)

As you can imagine, I love everything magical, so if you happen upon a portal to another world in the form of a wardrobe or something like that, do write me. I can neither confirm nor deny the rumors that such a portal exists in OLL.

I consider my greatest accomplishment to be that I once made cupcakes from scratch in just under thirteen minutes, but I have also blogged about baseball for three years and worked a variety of odd jobs. Odd jobs are good for things like teaching you what nachos are and how to make them. I don’t think I was made for snack bar work.

I’m terribly excited to be working here for the summer and can’t wait to see what sort of things I’ll be doing. Hopefully nothing to do with nachos? What’s the strangest thing you’ve learned on the job?

— Emily