Hannah Murray
http://www.hannahmurray.net
I'm going to keep this short and sweet, because if I don't,
there'll be eight pages here on things like why I hated
kindergarten and the time my eighth grade science teacher
caught me passing out porn at school. And really, who needs
to know about that?
I've always loved to read, and started reading romance
novels in junior high. I would save up my allowance to buy
them (and on one memorable, never to be repeated occasion,
got caught stealing one). My mother was displeased with
this; aside from the petty theft, she felt they were a bit
beyond my maturity level, and she was probably right. She
asked me (and I give her credit for asking instead of
demanding) to stop reading them so much. When I asked her
what she'd like me to read instead, she said, "Oh, something
like those Judy Blume books would be fine". So I brought
home Forever and Wifey, at which point she threw up
her hands and said "Read whatever you want."
I'd always been interested in creative writing, and once I'd
had the romance bug I decided that's what I really wanted to
write. I remember spending hours on complicated plot lines
and character sketches, writing them out in my school
notebooks. I went into great detail about the color of my
heroine's hair and exactly how muscled the hero's chest was,
but I didn't do much actual story writing in those days. I
ended up toying with it for several more years before
getting serious, and my first book was published in 2003.
I live in the Pacific Northwest with a roommate, my best
friend and fellow romance author Christine Warren. Since Christine writes
paranormal romances and I pretty much stick with
contemporaries, we have virtually no conflicts about writing
material. We do occasionally have conflicts about
housekeeping issues, but that's neither here nor there.
Let's see, what else? Oh, I also have a boyfriend (hi
sweetie!), a former Special Forces guy who didn't know
dating me meant he'd be answering research questions all the
time, but he's pretty good natured about it. This is, of
course, not the only reason I keep him around, but I have to
admit having a guy who knows the kinds of things he knows is
a damn handy thing for a writer. Unfortunately he lives
about two hours away, so our time together is limited, but
we do our best to make up for that whenever we get a chance.
And that, in short, is my life. There's a lot more I
could've told you, but that'd take up a lot more room on
this page. And besides, a girl should maintain some mystery,
don't you think?
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