O'Neill, Faris

At 35 years young, Faris has lived an adventurous life. It made sense that growing up a tomboy on a ranch in Colorado would lead to bigger and bolder things. Faris excelled in horseback riding, rodeo, dancing, martial arts, dogs and boys. Faris would eventually go on to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder, where her favorite activities were raising hell and telling tall tales. She considers her years supporting herself as an exotic dancer to be just as instrumental to her writing as the MFA she received. "Good writing comes from experience," says Faris, "and that gave me a lot of expe...