Barbara Forte Abate

I grew up in a small town in Dutchess County, New York, the third of five children. Although I started my first novel in 4th grade, it wasn't until a couple of years later in 6th grade when I knew for certain that I was hooked into the lifetime ambition to be a writer - forever after dreaming of places, events, and the unique characters that would inhabit them. It would be impossible to determine or otherwise explain where the …