When Forman arrived at the University of Oregon, she intended to study biology and chemistry en route to a career in medicine.īy her sophomore year, Forman was already looking for something different, signing up for classes across the university that jived more closely with her interests. Her plan as a young girl was to grow up to be the sun (“I was devastated to learn this wasn’t a career option,” she shares on her website) - and even in high school she didn’t envision that writing would ever become a job. “Thank God those teachers didn’t call social services.”ĭespite starting young, it took some time for Forman to see a career in storytelling. “That’s what 5-year-old Gayle wrote about,” she jokes 40 years later. And then Forman’s favorite: the epic story of a poor girl’s spontaneous combustion. And the account of a child seemingly deserted by her parents (it’s okay, they were just on vacation). There was, of course, that timeless yarn about a girl getting lost in her closet. But even Forman’s greatest admirers may be less acquainted with her early-career works. Gayle Forman’s fans know her best as the New York Times bestselling author, the globetrotting journalist, and the witty writer with a knack for making the universal feel personal.
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