Book Title: WHEN HAPPILY EVER AFTER FAILS Character Name: Abigail Gardner How would you describe your family or your childhood? Umm, it was quiet. As an only child with a lit professor for a dad, I spent a lot of time reading – and a lot of time in his dusty office at Brynn Mawr. Our house got a little “noisier” after my dad got sick. Once he was diagnosed with ALS, he kind of threw caution to the wind and really embraced life, you know? That’s when the fun actually started. Course, it didn’t last super long with that illness. Only a couple years until he lost many abilities and, eventually, his battle with that awful disease. What was your greatest talent? I’d love to say my ability to inspire a child through art, but others seem to think it revolves around literature. Of course. It’s a subject I can’t escape no matter how hard I try. I cringe every time I hear this – or a version of this – but the general consensus seems to be I’m not bad at analyzing complex characters in a way that’s easy to understand. That makes me sound like…

