Just out of high-school, I've always been into books, but my world was completely blown open by Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, my first adult fiction. This led me to more...shall I say cerebral works by Chuck Palahnuik and Bret Easton Ellis, exposing me to so many ideals I thought were hush hush. Around this time, I decided to let my creative muscles run wild, finding home in the written word.