Benjamin McBrayer

Knitting the giant sweater of life

When I was little I always wanted to be a writer. Well, that's not entirely true. Before I wanted to be a writer, I wanted to be a pirate like Captain Hook, a detective like Sherlock Holmes, a righteous thief like Robin Hood. I wanted to fly to Neverland, walk through a wardrobe to Narnia, and ride the Mystery Machine. Even earlier than all that I would pretend to read magazines, sitting in my dia…