Lindsay Hunter
Growing up, I wanted to be an actress. I studied theater in college and even spent time at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. When I realized I wasn’t very good and didn’t have the desire to get any better, I had to ask myself why exactly I’d pursued acting for so long. What about it intrigued me, other than the rare shot at fame and fortune?
I realized it was the opportunity to make people feel, to affect somebody. I began to wonder if writing was another way to reach people. I’d written stories and poems my whole life, had a zine in high school, dreamed of writing a novel, but I never considered it a serious passion. It was just something I did, something I enjoyed doing. After leaving New York, I decided to find out if writing was my true calling. I changed majors, got my degree in English/Creative Writing and eventually got a Master’s in Fine Arts in Writing. I’ve since published three books and a fourth is in negotiations now.
When I’m writing a novel or a story, I have a faceless reader in mind, someone I want to grab and hold for pages and pages. I want to entertain, affect, reach. I want what I write to linger. We’re in this story together, and I’m talking to you.