Parents and places. Those influences on who we are and what we do are the puzzle pieces I play with in the novels I write. That game got me far enough to land a book deal with one of the Big 5 publishers. Whether I do it again or end up reaching readers by connecting with them directly is an open question. What isn’t, is if I’ll ever stop writing. Because exploring how the people we come from and the world we live in shape the stories of our lives is the best way I know to make sense of mine.
BRYAN WIGGINS 