By Claire LLC

so i wrote this bio for children and aren’t we all just children at different points in our journey? my name is claire salmon, no the l in salmon isn’t silent, and no claire is not my real first name (even though my parents have called me that that since i was born) i grew up in the acreage, fl where there are as many canals as dirt roads and as many peacocks as there are alligators. i’ve written since i was ten, painted since i was smaller, and now do both as an adult because i don’t believe in growing up. i like stories about broken pieces that glow in the dark. about the boys and girls that pick them up and put them back together or turn them into stars to hang above their beds. i like to draw big emotions on little creatures and big muscles on gentle souls. if i could live in a season, it would be autumn when you can toast marshmallows and collect leaves and wear a scarf without feeling silly. i wish dinosaurs still existed even if it meant one might eat me. i often think of runni