I've been writing stories since I was able to read them. I first read Harry Potter when I was nine and it was just being released in America. I should have known then that I'd end up writing HP fanfiction.

I find fanfic fascinating- it's an act of communal imagination, it's an excellent way of engaging with the source (what us English majors call "intertextuality"), and it's a blast. It's a privilege to get to create and read such amazing works.

My works don't have update schedules, mainly because I am always working, on original works and at my paid job. My fanfics are written in between stretches of drafting and revisions. But I promise nothing gets abandoned or ignored forever.

I drink my tea strong and bitter, I will spend slightly absurd amounts of money on good food, and I dream of one day owning a home on a quiet lake. I am a firm believer in the power of dinner parties. My favorite books (not counting HP) are Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The list of writers who inspire me is too long to list, but I can't ignore George Saunders, Virginia Woolf, Neil Gaiman, and Jhumpa Lahiri.

Reviews and constructive criticism are always appreciated. (Even ones that tell me I misspelled a word. I probably did! I can't spell!). If you'd like to follow me for whatever reason, I'm semi-active on tumblr- la-plus-heureuse-writer dot tumblr dot com . I also cross-poss on AO3 as la_plus_heureuse.