Ren Koppel Torres is the teen author of fantasy novel, The Shadow in Her Pocket. Ren writes for publications including Writer's Digest and is passionate about art, music, and promoting child literacy.
Women have influenced music throughout history—if they’re excluded from the narrative, then we will never have a true understanding of humanity’s current place in the world.
When I was nine years old, I handed my parents the synopsis of a then-unwritten book scrawled in my chaotic handwriting. I announced that I was going to write a novel and get it published. My parents believed me. I got to work.