Allison van Diepen
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Allison van Diepen

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Here's my Autobio: YOU KNOW THAT KID? Who wanted nothing more than to curl up with a book and shut the world away? I wasn’t that kid. MOVIES WERE MY PASSION. Especially the dark, violent ones I wasn’t supposed to watch. BOOKS CAME LATER. Once I discovered that books could be thrilling, action-packed and crazy romantic, I was hooked for life. I DOZED IN CLASS a lot because I stayed up late writing stories of my own. Still, I managed to get my work done, and I went to university to study English. But: SHAKESPEARE WASN’T MY THING. Neither were most of the classics I had to read. So I became a History major because what really excited me was real-life drama. SHAKING THINGS UP was always a hobby of mine. So when I heard of an opportunity to teach in Brooklyn, New York, I jumped at it. I went to an interview and signed up on the spot. I WASN’T STUPID. I knew teaching at an inner-city school notorious for violence wouldn’t be a cake walk. But I’ve always thrived on a challenge. ALL THAT DRAMA gave me plenty of material, and I started writing books for teens. AFTER SOME WILD ADVENTURES in New York City and a brief romance with then-struggling actor Channing Tatum, I returned to Canada. Which is where: I MET MY HUSBAND and had two babies. And I got a job teaching at an alternative high school. OKAY. So the Channing Tatum part isn’t true. I can dream, can't I? AS I WRITE THIS I’m working on my 9th book. AND THAT’S MY STORY…for now.
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