About Clover Autrey
If something doesn't have a story connected to it, what's the point? And if Clover doesn't know the story, her
imagination will go to work and fill one in. She has always been fascinated by the whys and how -comes of people's
reactions. Why does one person act that way where another would do something totally different in the same
circumstances? And what happens when those two people are thrown together? So imagine how much she loves putting
her characters through intriguing situations and figuring out how they would respond to it.
Clover's two first literary loves were Louis L'amour westerns and on the other side of the genres, Andre Norton's
high fantasy novels. As a teenager, Clover stumbled on Sand Sister in a long forgotten story collection, and went
immediately to the library to see if this Norton writer had written anything else. Uh, yeah. Andre Norton is still at
the top of a long and ever-growing list of Clover's favorite writers.
One element found in both Ms. Norton's and Mr. L'amour's books is a blossoming relationship or a touch of romance,
which appeals to Clover. So when paranormal romance became hot, Clover raised her eyebrows in question. "Oh,
that's new?" But has been thrilled with being able to find more and more books with the blend of two of her favorite
reads. Now where are all the paranormal western romances?
Maybe she'll have to write one of her own. As much as she loves reading, she loves writing and creating stories. Before
she even knew how to write her ABCs, Clover and her sister were creating elaborate story lines that they made their
Barbies play out. No going to the shopping mall or out on dates with Ken for these dolls. They were being wrapped in
scarves to resemble mermaid tails and thrown into the pool, or riding off on backs of dragons or unicorns (er, stuffed
animals with a few adjustments), or being bounced all over the trampoline as their spaceship took flight.
Her fondest (and earliest) writing memory is winning the Air National Guard's essay contest in 4th grade. Yeah, yeah,
4th grade, who cares? But it was great! Eyes drooping, because the assembly was seriously boring, Clover came
instantly alert when they called her to go on stage as the grand prize winner, beating out 5th and 6th graders. Then
even more awake when the announcer said all the parents would join their children on stage. Clover was about to tell the
guy hers weren't there, when her mom came running up from the back. When being informed her daughter had won the
contest, she had assumed incorrectly and gone to Clover's older sister's classroom. Clover loves that.
Clover's pet peeves:
When any character set in a medieval fantasy setting says, "okay". (Unless they happen to be time travelers, of
course.)
And just now Clover decided that she really dislikes writing about herself in the third person. What is that about
anyway?
(Waving from cyberspace) I hope you're enjoying my web site. Thanks for visiting.
If something doesn't have a story connected to it, what's the point? And if Clover doesn't know the story, her
imagination will go to work and fill one in. She has always been fascinated by the whys and how -comes of people's
reactions. Why does one person act that way where another would do something totally different in the same
circumstances? And what happens when those two people are thrown together? So imagine how much she loves putting
her characters through intriguing situations and figuring out how they would respond to it.
Clover's two first literary loves were Louis L'amour westerns and on the other side of the genres, Andre Norton's
high fantasy novels. As a teenager, Clover stumbled on Sand Sister in a long forgotten story collection, and went
immediately to the library to see if this Norton writer had written anything else. Uh, yeah. Andre Norton is still at
the top of a long and ever-growing list of Clover's favorite writers.
One element found in both Ms. Norton's and Mr. L'amour's books is a blossoming relationship or a touch of romance,
which appeals to Clover. So when paranormal romance became hot, Clover raised her eyebrows in question. "Oh,
that's new?" But has been thrilled with being able to find more and more books with the blend of two of her favorite
reads. Now where are all the paranormal western romances?
Maybe she'll have to write one of her own. As much as she loves reading, she loves writing and creating stories. Before
she even knew how to write her ABCs, Clover and her sister were creating elaborate story lines that they made their
Barbies play out. No going to the shopping mall or out on dates with Ken for these dolls. They were being wrapped in
scarves to resemble mermaid tails and thrown into the pool, or riding off on backs of dragons or unicorns (er, stuffed
animals with a few adjustments), or being bounced all over the trampoline as their spaceship took flight.
Her fondest (and earliest) writing memory is winning the Air National Guard's essay contest in 4th grade. Yeah, yeah,
4th grade, who cares? But it was great! Eyes drooping, because the assembly was seriously boring, Clover came
instantly alert when they called her to go on stage as the grand prize winner, beating out 5th and 6th graders. Then
even more awake when the announcer said all the parents would join their children on stage. Clover was about to tell the
guy hers weren't there, when her mom came running up from the back. When being informed her daughter had won the
contest, she had assumed incorrectly and gone to Clover's older sister's classroom. Clover loves that.
Clover's pet peeves:
When any character set in a medieval fantasy setting says, "okay". (Unless they happen to be time travelers, of
course.)
And just now Clover decided that she really dislikes writing about herself in the third person. What is that about
anyway?
(Waving from cyberspace) I hope you're enjoying my web site. Thanks for visiting.
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