Erica L DraytonErica L. Drayton was born in the Bronx in NYC. She began writing stories almost immediately after she learned how to read and write from her mother, a former English teacher. As a gay, black, woman, Erica used storytelling as a way to express her feeings through poetry and fantasy novels at a young age. After college, she took her continued passion for storytelling and developed it further, into writing short stories, eventually challenging herself to write 100 word stories.She lives with her wife, young son, two dogs, and eight chickens in the Capital Region in Upstate New York. Read More Read Less