Because You Exist (24 page)
Authors: Tiffany Truitt
Acknowledgements
There’s a lot that got me through this tough and long road to publication with this little tale- copious amounts of coffee at my local shop, Café Moka, way too many bags of hot fries, countless hours of Netflix, and most importantly my friends, family, and students who constantly reminded me how much I love to write…even when it gets really hard to love it.
A special thanks to the Limitless Team for giving my baby a home.
About the Author
Tiffany Truitt was born in Peoria, Illinois. A self-proclaimed Navy brat, Tiffany spent most of her childhood living in Virginia, but don’t call her a Southerner. She also spent a few years living in Cuba. Since her time on the island of one McDonalds and Banana Rats (don’t ask), she has been obsessed with traveling. Tiffany recently added China to her list of travels (hello inspiration for a new book).
Besides traveling, Tiffany has always been an avid reader. The earliest books she remembers reading belong to
The Little House on the Prairie Series
. First book she read in one day?
Little Woman
(5th grade). First author she fell in love with? Jane Austen in middle school. Tiffany spent most of her high school and college career as a literary snob. She refused to read anything considered “low brow” or outside the “classics.”
Tiffany began teaching middle school in 2006. Her students introduced her to the wide, wonderful world of Young Adult literature. Today, Tiffany embraces popular Young Adult literature and uses it in her classroom. She currently teaches the following novels:
The Outsiders
,
Speak
,
Night
, Dystopian Literature Circles:
The Hunger Games
,
The Giver
,
The Uglies
, and
Matched
.