Victoria Williamson
Just about every writer starts out as an enthusiastic reader, and I was no different. My love of reading was kindled early on by my parents who took me and my brothers to the library nearly every weekend. My mother read to us every night, and put on all the different voices for the characters in The Chronicles of Narnia and The Hobbit, so it was just like going to the theatre!
Although my father was quite shy when it came to reading aloud, he did something equally important: he read books himself every day, and talked to us about books at every opportunity. We learned from him that stories weren’t just for children, they were for adults too, and books were subjects that were worthy of serious discussion.
Without my parents’ encouragement, I would never have become a writer, so The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle owes as much to them as it does to children I’ve taught over the years whose voices are reflected in the story.
Although my father was quite shy when it came to reading aloud, he did something equally important: he read books himself every day, and talked to us about books at every opportunity. We learned from him that stories weren’t just for children, they were for adults too, and books were subjects that were worthy of serious discussion.
Without my parents’ encouragement, I would never have become a writer, so The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle owes as much to them as it does to children I’ve taught over the years whose voices are reflected in the story.
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