Aurelia WillsAurelia Wills is the author of two Pushcart Prize-nominated stories. Her work has been published in the Kenyon Review, The Common, CALYX, Hayden's Ferry Review, and other journals and in the anthology American Fiction, Volume 12. She has taught ESL t immigrants and creative writing through the Loft Literary Center. About this book, she says, "I wanted to write an honest story about adolescence, particularly about a kid who has to find her own way without much guidance." Someone I Wanted to Be is her first novel. She spent her childhood summers at camp in the Colorado mountains, but now lives in the flat, gorgeous Upper Midwest. Read More Read Less