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Fantasy is my favorite genre to write and it ends up being what I read most of the time as well. Lord of the Rings and Narnia were the two biggest influences on me, as well as Madeleine L’Engle and M.I. McAllister.

I think the beauty of fantasy is the power to inspire. Fantasy is focused on the conflict between good and evil, with a world worth saving and friends worth dying for. We naturally want to be part of such a story, and fantasy helps us see the beautiful themes that are already present in our own world: redemption, loyalty, courage, etc. When things don’t seem to make sense or seem to go wrong in our own world, we can remember that there is a Story we are part of, and that good will always ALWAYS vanquish evil. That, I think, is one of the reasons I love fantasy so much.