Audrey D. DeBoer
When I was 12 years old, I was assigned a project at school—write a short story. I loved this project, because I loved writing stories (I still do, obviously.)
My humble short story was entitled Enemy on the River—about the son of a lord in the Middle Ages who, in a Hamlet-esque twist of fate, found his father dead at the hands of a trusted friend. In another, Lion King-esque twist of fate (because truly, how different are Hamlet and The Lion King, really?), our hero runs off into the forest, where he befriends a misunderstood outlaw.
Little did I know that I was laying the groundwork for my debut novel, Vispilio.
My humble short story was entitled Enemy on the River—about the son of a lord in the Middle Ages who, in a Hamlet-esque twist of fate, found his father dead at the hands of a trusted friend. In another, Lion King-esque twist of fate (because truly, how different are Hamlet and The Lion King, really?), our hero runs off into the forest, where he befriends a misunderstood outlaw.
Little did I know that I was laying the groundwork for my debut novel, Vispilio.
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