Literature has molded me as a writer. From a young age I was writing plays and poetry and reporting for school papers. I read Bram Stoker's Dracula and I discovered I really loved to read scary things and developed a lifelong fascination of vampires and the supernatural. I am a student of the metaphysical and have also been influenced by Edgar Cayce and Kathleen Tucci. My Greek heritage has also been a great motivation - a love of life, a different culture and religion have shown me there are other worlds and cultures out there. I am also a student of languages. I have acted, directed, and have even written a play that was produced. Music has always been a part of me - I wanted to be an opera singer at one time, attending a conservatory of music until I came to my senses and switched to literary pursuits. My poetry has been described as metaphysical, with subjects as past lives, and the unknown. My friends who are new authors (mostly independent authors) as well as unforgettable teachers have also influenced me in jump starting my writing, I am writing the Vampire novel THIRST and my Children's book, Flutterby will be available in late August, 2011.