Always with a notebook in hand growing
up, everyone insisted that Bryen should become a writer. She
refused. She wanted a “real” job—
which by her teenaged definition, was a job that required a business
suit. So she went on to study International Relations, interned at
the Department of State and moved to the District of Columbia (a
beautiful old apartment a few streets behind the Capitol) and got an
8 – 5. She even had to ride the metro to work! For a girl from
rural Ohio, this was big city life! It didn't take long for the
commute, the suit, and the hours to make her wonder what was so
terrible about a job which could be done at home in pajamas and Bryen
began to reconsider her career choice.
Her first foray into writing came in 2003 in the form of a screenplay. Several more followed. But while Bryen likes screenplays and movies in general her real love are books. She decided to try her hand at writing fiction.
Bryen started there and had a short story and some novellas published under a pseudonym, Aletheia von Gottlieb. But her favorite genre is fantasy and pretty soon she wanted to create her own worlds and systems of government (put that International Relations degree to some use!). The Chronicles of Quat is her first fantasy series.
Her first foray into writing came in 2003 in the form of a screenplay. Several more followed. But while Bryen likes screenplays and movies in general her real love are books. She decided to try her hand at writing fiction.
Bryen started there and had a short story and some novellas published under a pseudonym, Aletheia von Gottlieb. But her favorite genre is fantasy and pretty soon she wanted to create her own worlds and systems of government (put that International Relations degree to some use!). The Chronicles of Quat is her first fantasy series.
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