Ronan Jericho is a human, an author, and is almost certainly scheming up some new trouble to get into. Her books are published under her highly classified half-pseudonym—Ronan Jericho. She’s usually found in her bedroom, her garden, or wandering her favorite woodsy haunt in an attempt to get closer to the Divine (aka Jesus).

As for inspiration, Ronan draws heavily from her own life (ahem, her name) and the chaos, growth, and wonder she’s encountered along the way. Whether it’s surviving grad school, adventuring through a new country, or reconciling the tragic reality that no man in real life will ever measure up to her fictional characters, she writes from the richness of experience—or the longing for it.

Because in the end, much of writing is born out of wishing.