Programmer by Day/Author by Night

About Me — Anne Emerick

Lover of stories that bring comfort, inspiration or adventure

Me at the bottom of the Grand Canyon (photo supplied by helpful husband)

How I Became a Programmer by Day, Author by Night

I’ve always loved stories. Dr. Seuss and fairytales when I was little and people were reading to me. The Boxcar Kids, the Black Stallion series and books about dogs (because we didn’t have one) when I got older.

I had a pretty tame, middle-class upbringing in the suburbs of Wilmington, Delaware, in the 1970’s. I’m a bit younger than the generation that went to Vietnam or lost older brothers to it. Even then, I knew that I was lucky.

I attended Dartmouth College, studied computer science, got married, and had my first son by the time I turned 21. Being a parent makes you an adult, and I was kind of bummed that adulthood didn’t look like I expected. Being a parent did allow me to return to reading all those little kids’ books, and I began writing children’s stories.

Dave and I (photo supplied by author, probably taken by same helpful husband)

So that’s the short version of how I became a ‘programmer by day/author by night.’ Obviously, I do many things…