I felt this prompt would be a good one to use as it’s such an important topic. Honestly, THIS ONE IS SO HARD to write about! It’s hard to remember the first book I read that inspired me to become a writer…hmmm…lemme think…I don’t think it was necessarily a book per say, more like a book series. It’s called The O’Malley Series and it’s written by one of my favorite Christian authors, Dee Henderson. It is made up of 6 books and 2 prequels, detailing the lives of a family of 7 siblings who adopted one another and formed their own family, even changing their last names to “O’Malley”. All the siblings end up becoming believers, and are put in dangerous situations that force them to trust in God and His plan for their lives. There is romance, suspense, action, and drama in all of them, keeping me on the edge of my seat and up til the wee hours of the night as I raced to finish one, only to start the next. I loved the clever and witty dialogue, the way the author built suspense throughout the story, included the Gospel message, made you laugh one minute and cry the next, and of course, I loved the hilarious and relatable characters. (BTW: The character couples in her books are some of my ALL TIME FAVS!) Dee Henderson’s books were so fascinating and well-written that after I read them, I began developing my own characters and imagining different situations for them. Eventually, I began writing stories about them, and the rest is history. 😉