Lillian Howe is a young, American-born writer working on her debut trilogy. She studied English and writing in university and currently lives in a remote, green, river-filled farmland in the southern United States, where she teaches humanities and science and crafts the first book in her trilogy.

She had no plan to write this trilogy, but when a character of her own imaginings introduced himself to her through an extra-credit writing assignment she completed last-minute, she was struck by his existence in her mind. After that, it seemed the floodgates opened and all the pieces of the world she is now writing came together. It was similar to the moment in the movie “Tangled” when Rapunzel finally notices all the suns she had been painting all her life. Thus, the trilogy was born, and has been unraveling itself before her as she had taken up one of the most exciting adventures of her life these past two years—giving the story shape and scope.

Lillian’s heart has always been inclined towards story—specifically the magnificent contrast between the towering heights and cavernous valleys of Mankind’s great, continual story, and the Divine Hand that conducts it all. Story is a remembering act that magnifies the immense depth of meaning found in the human experience. She believes wholeheartedly in writing as a way to uphold that which is real through remembrance. She seeks to ask the deeper questions the human heart hungers for, aiming for every word of poetry and prose to act as an invitation to step heart-first into The Great Dance before it is too late.

After all, the curtains have been drawn for a long time now.

Coincidentally being named after the Lily of the Valley, she aims to be a contributing voice to those singing “Look up! Look up!” from the valley of Mankind.

Until the Brighter Days—

The curtains have been drawn for a long time now;

with two left feet we all dance in circles beneath the bell tower.

Who is paying attention at the first ring of truth?