About
ABOUT THE AUTHORI’m Emily Ward, the author, the legend. I was born in Reno, Nevada as Emily Rapoza, and spent most of my childhood in Colorado. I grew up with a big family in The Salvation Army. One of my first stories featured a young girl whose doll came to life. The rest is history. I spent years writing mainly fanfiction (thank you, J.K. Rowling), but have since ventured into originality. When it comes to fiction, I write mainly young adult, literary, and fantasy. I also write nonfiction, ranging from stories of my travels to thoughts on the Bible. Currently, I live in Salem, Oregon with my husband Chris and our crazy cats.FAVORITES Books: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, Blue Like Jazz & Through Painted Deserts by Donald Miller, 1984 by George Orwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Music: David Crowder Band, Matisyahu, Iron & Wine, Death Cab for Cutie Movies: Life Is Beautiful, Clue, The Goonies, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Snatch, Up, Finding Nemo Bible Verses: Deuteronomy 30:11-14, Psalm 50:3, John 1:1-5, Ephesians 1:3-10 Interests: Writing (of course!), reading, scrapbooking, watching movies, nonprofit work, religion, sociology Visit me around the web! Or use the contact form up in the corner.
