Rin Chupeco

Rin Chupeco is a Filipino author from Manilla in the Philippines that has made waves with yer young adult horror fiction novels in “The Girl From the Well” and the “Bone Witch” series. Before she became a published author Chupeco was a writer of complicated computer programs though for the most part her portfolio consisted of graphics, web designs, and logos. She was always a tomboy and while her sister loved girly things such as fashion, her earliest memories were barging into her Barbie dollhouse with Ghost busters and Ninja Turtle action figures. She would wear baggy pants, took up tae kwon do and played basketball. However, she also fell in love with girly things such as mascara and makeup as she grew up and asserts that this is what informs her perception of a strong heroine as not necessarily looking like a man. Growing up she loved mystery and horror stories and was always fascinated by ghost stories. Her inspiration were the likes of Christopher Pike, Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and Peter Straub. But she also loved crime thrillers and read books about forensic crime procedure, whodunits, serial killers from the likes of Boris Akunin and Agatha Christie. As she grew older she gravitated towards young adult fiction as it reminds her of the stumbles and mistakes of early adult life. She now writes young adult fiction featuring fairy tales and ghosts. When she is not writing she loves to cross stitch, embroider, make clay things, paint sculpt, draw and tackle long walks.