I tried pre-law. But Indians and lawyers don't have a good history. After selling his first book of poetry, his publishers asked if he wrote fiction as well. I said sure, then I started writing fiction. Poetry is my first love.
Fiction is an arranged marriage.
Yeah, there's no commute. I just walk downstairs to my office. Growing up, I'd always be babbling in a corner. Now people pay me to babble. Jen, daughter of Chinese immigrants, caromed through pre-med and business before landing in creative writing.