It also occurred to her that she might have a future as a stage manager in theater. She considered going to art history graduate school. She was just as busy in college.Īfter graduating from Williams College in 1998, the author found that she did not know what to do with the rest of her life. This did not leave her quite as much time to write. It was during those years that she got involved with the theater, though she mostly worked backstage. Life eventually took her to places like Asuncion, Paraguay, and Miami, not to mention the Dominican Republic and Santo Domingo. She wants children to realize that it is within their power to control their destinies regardless of the restrictions life has have placed upon them.īorn in Caracas, Venezuela in 1978, her mother was a New Zealand woman who named her after the Tui, a New Zealand bird. But every journey her characters start, no matter how dreary, eventually reaches a peaceful and encouraging destination. Her objective is to write hopeful and joyful novels. The stories she encountered in that period went on to shape her entire life. She also found that her fondest reading memories were connected to the books she read between the ages of 10 and 14. To Sutherland, children were simply the most interesting audience in the world and she enjoyed the challenge of finding new ways to entertain them. ‘Anne of Green Gables’ was one of her favorites.Īs a writer, she was always drawn to children’s fiction. She was also drawn to novels with female characters that were determined to carve out a place for themselves in the world.
She grew up reading stories about girls that wanted to tell stories of their own.
As a child, Sutherland was obsessed with the written word.
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