About Holly Gaskin
Holly Gaskin was born Holly Elizabeth Cordova in Seattle, WA on January 31, 1972. She grew up on the East End of Long Island, attending schools in Mattituck and East Quogue, NY.
Holly began her creative writing career in second grade when she composed her first poem, entitled The Talking Horse. She continued to develop her writing skills throughout elementary school, filling up notebooks with original short stories, plays and mini-novels. Her fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Kraacke, predicted that Holly would one day write The Great American Novel. Well, that hasn't happened... yet!
In junior high, Holly received kind encouragement from her English teacher, Mrs. Dunn. They keep in contact to this day.
While in high school, Holly was on the staff of the MHS literary magazine, Expressions. Her poems and short prose won many awards., as voted on anonymously by her peers. She also submitted occasional articles to the school newspaper, The MattiTalk, and wrote comedic skits for the annual high school variety show.
Holly published her first novel, A Little Company, through Outskirts Press in 2007. In 2009, she followed it up with a Young Adult book, Tricked, also an Outskirts publication. She's currently working on another YA novel, The Hungry Monster, as well as a non-fiction ebook.
Holly Gaskin currently lives in the small town of Adams Center, NY with her husband, Pieter, and their cats. She works as a radio personality at a popular country radio station.
