I read avidly as a child, and told myself stories most nights before falling asleep. We moved a lot, and partly because of that, partly because I had no siblings, partly because I was sick fairly often–and perhaps mostly because I came from a reading family–books very quickly became my friends.
“I grew up during World War II, and because my father was in the Red Cross instead of actually in the service (he’d been turned down by the Navy because of poor eyesight), we were victims of the housing shortage when the war ended. “One of the wonderful things about writing, which I discovered early, is that you can write just about anywhere, and you can write even if you have to do other things in order to make a living. I think the first thing I wrote for fun outside of school, in addition to a few poems, was a story I wrote when I was around eight, called something like ‘The Valley that Turned into a Mountain.’ Later, at around thirteen, I wrote a ‘book,’ called Dogs I Have Known. “When I was little I wanted to be a vet, and designed my own animal hospital when I was older, I wanted to be in theater and indeed spent quite a few years as an actress, lighting designer, and Jill of all trades–but no matter what else I’ve done (teaching, office work), I’ve always written. Nancy Garden on Nancy Garden: “I was born in 1938 in Boston, Mass., and have lived all my life in New England and New York, although I’ve traveled a fair amount in the US and abroad.
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