Influences, to name a few:
The Beatles, Star Wars, Star Trek, Phillip Pullman, Sarah Dessen, Orson Scott Card, Dave Eggers, Anne Lamott, Paramore, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi, Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson
Some of my favorite books:
The Corrections, Up the Down Staircase, The Once and Future King, Fahrenheit 451, Bel Canto, Graceling, Ender’s Game, Feed, His Dark Materials Series, 1984, Lord of the Rings, The Quiet American, The Bluest Eye, The House of Sand and Fog, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Empire Falls, Nation, The Hunger Games, This Lullaby, The Truth About Forever, Looking for Alaska, Where the Red Fern Grows, Harry Potter, Ballad… and I could go on and on.