Carol Davis

Picture an 11-year-old girl with pen in hand, spiral notebook in her lap. That was me, back in the beginning: a shy kid with glasses who wanted more stories about her favorite characters...so she wrote them.

And nothing ever really changes.

What's been most important to me throughout my life is FAMILY, and that's what I write about - whether the story involves a couple of investigative reporters digging into a series of mysterious drownings, or a young girl who discovers that her colony's alien "staff" is being mistreated and killed, or an unusual kid with wings trying to find where they belong in the world. It all comes down to family: the ones we're born with, and the ones we build.

I was a secretary for 38 years. Now I'm a full-time writer and editor. I work on a laptop, but at heart I'm still a kid with a pen who's anxious to share her stories.

Twitter: @caroldficwriter