I have an early memory of trying to find pictures in my mother's books when I was 3 years old. It wasn't long before I didn't need the pictures, although I loved the ones I found. My newspaper editor grandmother, Clara Payton, sent me books for birthdays and Christmases - some I still have - Rudyard Kipling, Fairy Tales, all the children's classics available at that time.
I've always written: in high school and colleg more...