Biography
Bethany Wiggins started writing her first manuscript at the age of fourteen. She has always been an avid reader and writer. In fact, she failed ninth grade English because she read novels instead of doing her homework. In high school, she sat alone at lunch and read massive hardback fantasy novels (Tad Williams and Robert Jordan were among her favorites). It wasn't until the end of the year that the other students realized she was reading fiction--they thought she was reading the Bible.
Seven years ago, Bethany's sister dared her to start writing an hour a day until she completed a novel. Bethany wrote a seven-hundred page fantasy novel that she wisely let no one read--but it taught her how to write. Since then she has completed six more novels, each one a little better than the one before.
The fifth book she wrote, "The Hunted," is represented by Marlene Stringer of the Stringer Literary Agency.
Books that Have Stuck With Her
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
The Changeling Sea by Patricia McKillip
The Witch books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Chronicles of Narnia By C. S. Lewis
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Dune by Frank Herbert