Lissa Dobbs

I've always been a book junkie, particularly fantasy. I spent most of my teenage years in Raymond E. Feist's Midkemia, and it's still the one place I most want to visit. Middle Earth, Narnia, and the Four Lands have always been some of my favorite vacation spots. And, of course, we can't forget the years at Hogwarts and all the times we had to deal with the wizard council in Chicago. Anywhere and everywhere magic can be real is where I want to be. Always and forever. I think that's one of the biggest reasons I write. I love to create worlds, to ask 'what if?'. There's nothing better than taking some half-formed idea for a person and tossing him/her into a world I wish were real just to see what will happen. (I don't care what anyone says, the author isn't always in control). Bringing creatures to life, fighting monsters, wielding magic. All of these things can exist in a book when the 'real' world just can't seem to figure out how to make them work. There's nothing better in the world, and I don't think there ever will be.