Xan writes stuff and strings words to pay the bills. She lives in the Philippines with Charlie and their dogs and cats. Their pets’ shampoo costs more than their own. She is obsessed with stickers, loves old-timey stories, and doodles when it rains. She maintains a love-hate-love relationship with JD Salinger, Chuck Palahniuk, and Frank McCourt because she can’t write as they do. She sometimes hops on a bus, not knowing where it’s headed, then calls Charlie to pick her up.