you are very kind. 🥰 honestly, i can't say i really have a favorite author or an author im super attached to. my tastes can be very all over the place and ive always enjoyed reading many different things. (for example, the last four books i read were three bags full, the miracles of the namiya general store, the poet empress, and the last threshold—which is the 26th book in the legend of drizzt series on working through.) i choose mostly horror and high fantasy when i'm at the library, but there's a lot of readers in my family/friend circle who pass around books and recommendations so i read a lot of random stuff that way too!

if i had to give definitive answers on what shaped me the most as a writer, the first would be my high school creative writing teacher. such a badass, encouraging guy. also my 8th grade english teacher who did the coolest long-term edgar allen poe unit, tolkien whose books i read over and over as soon as i could manage it, stephen king who i definitely started reading way too young lol, and c.s. lewis (i will forever consume any and all alice in wonderland related media). in general, i really love writers who can create big, fantastical worlds or set strong atmospheres.

so, that's the long version you probably weren't asking for lol. but thank you for being so sweet and supportive!