![]() ![]() ![]() The next year, my agent sold my trilogy to Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. ![]() In November 2008, when I was 22, my first attempt at NaNoWriMo resulted in my first novel ANGELFIRE. My voracious reading habits started with Goosebumps books, Nancy Drew mysteries, and world history books. If I weren’t an author, I would be a paleontologist or archaeologist, because I love the old things about this world, but instead about heroines who have way more exciting lives than my own. This struggle sparked an obsession with Ancient Mediterranean civilizations in search of where I came from. My childhood and teen years were well-spent at horse shows and I grew up on a Northern Michigan lake. I struggled with my identity throughout my entire childhood, feeling like I didn’t belong anywhere. I identify as Mediterranean as my father’s family is Southern French and my mother’s side is a lush blench of Sicilian, North African Algerian-Amazigh, Syrian-Lebanese, and Greek. My cherished ethnicity has blessed me with unique features and a beloved history. I was born in Austin, Texas on August 18, 1986. Her debut novel ANGELFIRE was published when she was just 24 years old. Courtney Moulton was born in Texas and grew up in Michigan, where she spent a lifetime studying ancient civilizations and writing about magic and monsters. ![]()
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