Starting with the basics, I was born in Brooklyn, New York. My mom is Italian and my dad is Ukrainian. I’m what some have called a “cafeteria Catholic”, a Catholic who tends to pick and choose what they do and don’t believe.  A little bit of this, not so much of that. I have an average sized family, an older brother Michael and a younger sister Justine. I have a cat named Mallory and a hamster named Toby. I enjoy baking, speaking Italian, the Lord of the Rings trilogy and historical trivia. These are all very basic, things that someone who hasn’t known me very long might know and therefore not very interesting. However, maybe the most basic thing about me says the most about me. My name is Lenore. It’s from a poem by Edgar Allan Poe called “The Raven”. The poem itself is from the gothic genre and is a little dark but beautiful nonetheless.  It’s about a man who is stricken with grief over the loss of his love, Lenore and is haunted by her memory in the form of a raven. Now I don’t want to drive anyone crazy but I have always wanted to be someone who leaves a strong impression. Like Poe, the poem’s author, it has always been my dream to do this through writing. For me, writing is everything. I live it and I breathe it and I love it. Author Carlos Ruis Zafon said “Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.” I don’t want to drive anyone crazy. I just want to be a part of this flow of ideas.

Below is a picture of the Simpson’s parody of Poe’s “The Raven” during one of the Treehouse of Horrors episodes.