Lara S. Ormiston

I am the daughter of Christian missionaries, and was born on the beautiful island of Java, Indonesia. I spent most of my first eleven years in that tropical country, with only occasional furloughs in the States. I consider myself to have had a high privileged childhood, rich not in money but experiences. When I was eleven we moved to Zimbabwe, where I lived until I was sixteen, followed by a year in Marin County, California, and a year in Penang, Malaysia (of the two places, Marin County was by far the most foreign to me). After that I attended the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Texas, and I still reside less than a hour away, in the city of Round Rock, where I am currently homeschooling my three children.Growing up overseas meant very little television and lots of free time, which I eventually came to spend in reading. I was greatly influenced by my mother's taste in books, and it was through her that I was introduced to Regency romance in the form of Georgette Heyer, whose works our local library in Gweru, Zimbabwe, had in abundance. I also read a great deal of fantasy when I was younger, but of the two genres, historical fiction has remained my enduring favorite.I remember reading one or two of Jane Austen's works when I was teenager, and being mainly disappointed that there was no kissing. It really wasn't until I was in my early thirties and the mother of small children that I began to read through her works and was thoroughly captivated with their wit and humor, as well as the good sense and strong morality that fills them. Eventually I stumbled across the world of Jane Austen fan fiction on the web, and was hooked. After many hours spent reader other writer's stories I could not resist the urge to write my own, and here we are now.Unequal Affections is my own novel so far, but it is far from the only Pride and Prejudice-based story I have written. I tend to specialize in comedic short stories and novella-length chapter stories. My other writings can be found posted on my personal blog, or at the Derbyshire Writer's Guild, where I post under my middle name, Suzanne O, and at fanfiction.net, where I use the pseudonym OnlyaNovel.