I do believe in ghosts, or at least in some kind of persistent spiritual echoes of the past in certain places. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
I have a pretty open mind about supernatural stuff – I do believe that there’s more to this world than what meets the eye. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
My mother taught me to believe in ghosts: to use a Ouija board, have seances, and leave little offerings out for those who have passed. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
I studied poetry in college and for a year in an MFA program. As time went on, my poems got more and more complicated. What I was really trying to do was tell stories. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
Honestly, I feel pretty awed anytime I meet just about any writer. I get how hard it is to write and make a living from it, but there’s also this almost magical force you need to tap into, and I’m amazed by anyone who can do it. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
People often ask if my books should be read in any particular order, but they’re all standalone novels, so picking up any one of them would be fine. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
My grandmother was a psychiatrist and had shelves full of medical books – I was constantly sneaking looks at some of those. I was fascinated by the descriptions of illnesses and diseases. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
In all honesty, I didn’t love reading when I was a kid. I’d rather be running around in the woods or doing my best to scare the pants off all the children in the neighborhood by pretending my house was haunted or making them play Bloody Mary in the bathroom. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
Over the years, I have been a house painter, farm worker, paste-up artist, Easter Bunny, pizza delivery person, homeless shelter staff member, and counselor for adults and kids with mental illness – I quit my last real job in 2000 to work on writing full-time. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
I graduated with a B.A. from Goddard College in 1991 and then studied poetry for a year in the M.F.A. in Writing Program at Vermont College. Jennifer McMahon Read Quote
