This wild-haired, wild-eyed older surfer paddled out, and it was just the two of us. I was out surfing at this secluded cove that’s a bit scary and rocky and can get super big waves. So the next really poignant memory I have of dragons is when I lived on the Big Island of Hawaii in college. I loved fantasy novels growing up, but I didn’t really have any special connection to dragons over other magical creatures. That planted a seed that sea monsters and dragons could be real. I spent countless hours staring at this book called Creatures of the Deep that mixed photos of great white sharks and giant squids and such with drawings of krakens and sea dragons. My dad was stationed in the Azores, Portugal when I was three-to-six, and maybe because I didn’t have many friends, I started to connect a lot with magical creatures. JAIMAL YOGIS: Yeah, like Grace – the main character of The Awakening Storm – dragons came into my life when I went to live outside the US for the first time.
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