Mariah A.

Mariah Lynn Arnold (Myah), was born September 27, 1999. She lived all around for the first nine years of her life. After living in many different settings, growing up around many cultures, and learning new customs, Myah learned how to make her writing diverse and she is now able to step into someone else's shoes to shape what she puts down on paper. Myah's family has played a big role in shaping the person she is today. Myah is very open and honest with her mother, and this quality shows throughout her writing. She also learned from her actual father how to be independent and strong which forced her to write in a way that expressed herself. Myah lived on her mom's side for a week and the next week was spent with her dad's side. Because of her split family, she would always have to adapt to different situations and this ultimately became a key factor in how she wrote.
	On April 2nd, 2016, Myah found out that her best friend, Taylor, died in a car crash the day before. The next few months were a blur to Myah. She became angry, and bitter. And it was apparent that her writing portrayed this. She was no longer poetic and graceful with her words. She was abrupt and cold. Her sentences became short and this was the cause of Myah having a lot to say but she didn't quite know how to put it. 
	Throughout her grief, Myah conflicted with God and the afterlife. She was never religious, and she never thought about what happens after you die. After Taylor's death, she  couldn't believe that Taylor was just gone. She could still feel her. Myah's whole perspective changed which caused her writing to change once again. Taylor's guidance helped her once and for all shape her own writing style. Her characters often experience problems that can't really be fixed, but they learn to grow from them and their character development increases and becomes more apparent as the story goes on.