Willow Wren

EDITOR'S NOTE: TDC was written by two 14-year-old teens. My intention was to preserve their manuscript with their "teen-isms" along with their choice to capitalize Mom and Dad or spell all right as alright, etc. I chose not to sterilize their manuscript. Enjoy this creative saga (paperback offered at 2 price points - color or b&w - under "See All Formats and Editions") as written by these kids:

WILLOW WREN

Author, model, actress, musician and artist, Willow was signed by the FORD agency at age 6 and has modeled for over 60 companies such as American Girl, Brooks Brothers, Saks Fifth Avenue, Levi's, Aeropostale, and worldwide campaigns for Adidas, Monnalisa, and Benetton, to name a few. She's appeared on TV shows and commercials including Crayola and the WWE, and was proud to have been selected to represent the American Girl Doll, Samantha Parkington, gracing 5 book covers. Visit www.wow-folio.com to view her portfolio, reels, and music.

A member of the National Association for Gifted Children, she earned the President’s Award for Educational Achievement for outstanding grades and intellectual development in accelerated math & science, plus 2 literary awards and the Governor’s Certificate of Recognition.

 

In 2020, Willow registered the trademark, Writer’s INC. Willow enjoys songwriting and plays the piano, violin, Seagull Merlin, harp, harmonica and recorder. In 2018, her school orchestra competed against more than a half dozen schools at Central Connecticut State University taking 1st place that year.

 

She enjoys tennis, horseback riding, acting, voice, snorkeling, and the school track team, often earning 1st in hurdles & 100 meter. Her big brother is an 82nd Airborne soldier. Willow lives in Metro New York with her mom, dad, 3 cats & 22 fish.

ANTHONY OLMO

Anthony Olmo has been sailing off Fairfield County’s Gold Coast since he was 3. An avid competitor, Anthony has been racing with the Breakwater Irregulars on Long Island Sound for 2 Seasons, sailing on a Ranger 33 sailboat, the champion for the past 3 years.

Not only does Anthony love nautical life, he enjoys the cosmos and deep space, designing futuristic steam-powered spaceships and weaponry on AutoCAD, top-rated software for drafting and designing. He studies airplanes, battleships and weapons of war – old & new – such as melee and ranged alike. One of his favorite classes at school was mechanical engineering and he even built his own PC computer from scratch.

He lives in Metro New York with his mom and brother and his two hedgehogs, Charlie and Henry.

NOTE FROM ANTHONY'S MOTHER from a post on her Instagram with permission to share: "What is most amazing about The Dauntless Chronicles? It is the creation between two kids on opposite ends of the academic spectrum. Willow is academically gifted and Anthony has been diagnosed with dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD and profound dyslexia. When he was in 5th grade he could barely read at a third grade level. With the help of special education, he's come a long way. More importantly, it is amazing to watch these two work together! It is a beautiful collaboration of neurodiversity. It really is a testament of things that can be created when we work together."