She does Pilates, goes for a walk, swims. With a penchant for fountain pens that leak ink onto her fingers, traveling, and antique furniture, she is an old soul without much patience for modern conveniences. And to transport them to different worlds and different eras, yet hopefully not into the hospital. Andrews, she writes books that are intended to push readers to similar levels of distraction. Equipped with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from McGill University and a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of St. She writes historical fiction, focusing on the stories of women found within the cracks of the historical record. And that writers can create world inside a book so fully and utterly all-encompassing and absorbing, that they can push readers to such a distraction as to fully forget the outside world. The incident, which resulted in a trip to the hospital, five stitches, and a unique use of Superglue, taught her a couple of things: reading is not, nor should it be attempted as, a full-contact sport. When Bryn Turnbull was only eleven years old, she accidentally put her foot through a single-pane window as she leafed through a well-worn copy of Sandman (Volume 2).
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