While there are many amazing teens who contribute to TWFT, there are two writers who keep a watchful eye over the site and blog. Meet Rachel and Linda:
Rachel "Race" Mercaldo started writing in second grade and never
stopped, though now she writes contemporary YA instead of princess
short stories for her seven-year-old friends. She is also a student
at Penn State University, the college of THON, where she discovered
her love of biology. She is studying for a pre-medical certificate
and general bachelor's degree to prep for a few thousand years in med
school. If you want random facts about ants or cancer, let her
know.
When
she isn't writing or studying for the MCAT, she can be found reading
at work, scribbling scenes on stolen computer paper, or possibly
blogging over at her site, www.rachelmercaldo.com. Her
favorite jellybeans are strawberry - and she hates when pink
jellybeans turn out to be bubblegum flavored.
Linda
Ge started writing at age twelve for the wrong reason (publishment)
and is happy to say she's now writing for the right reason (because
she feels the urge to create). Her least-favorite subjects are
English and math--English because it's too easy, and math because
it's too hard. She once reached the top of Maslow's Hierarchy but
fell off when she enrolled into a new high school (she's back at
level two now). She collects words. She hates peanut butter. She's
a little worried about how she fits into Social Darwinism. And she
loves seeing people's reactions to her work. (She wishes she could be
paid in those expressions.) The best flavor jellybean, in her
opinion, is a watermelon jellybean and a coffee jellybean eaten at
the same time. Because you expected to actually read a useful bio in
this section, Linda has decided to relegate your attention to her
website, http://lindage.co.nr/,
which has samples of her art/writing as well as her curriculum vitae
for your creeping pleasure.
