Brooke Kenny is a writer living and working in the greater Washington, D.C. area. She is the book reviewer for The Gazette, a Post-Newsweek Media newspaper. She is at work on her first novel, titled Echoes of Her. She has also written and publised short stories and poems. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, OneRealStory.com, Spoken Like a Queen, Opened Eyes Poetry and Prose, and The Current, among other publications. Brooke received her master's degree in creative writing from The Johns Hopkins University in 2008. She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2001. She received a Maryland Delegate Scholarship for the 2007-2008 academic year for her creative writing studies. For pleasure, Brooke is currently reading This Never Happened by E.W. Summers, a.k.a. Elly Williams, who was her master's thesis advisor. For work, Brooke is currently reading Silverstone Stories & Other Mishagos by Judith L. White. Read her story next week.