Meet Tristan Wilson

Tristan Wilson is a junior at Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS, double majoring in English and Secondary Education, and is also pursuing a minor in Spanish. She is the Vice President of the Rho Psi Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta and the High Plains Region Student Representative, as well as a volunteer for Encounter College and Career Ministry at her university. Tristan has presented short fiction work at both regional and national conferences and plans to continue writing creatively. Aside from reading and writing, she enjoys dancing, singing, drawing, painting, and spending time with friends and family.

1. My favorite movie is Tangled.
   
2. I never leave the house without Tea/coffee.
3. If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life, it would be Grandma’s chicken pot pie.
4. Growing up, I was sure I would be a teacher.
5. I know every word to the song “A Thousand Miles,” by Vanessa Carlton.
6. The best gift I’ve ever received was a puppy.
7. My nickname in high school was T Dubs.
8. If you find me in the kitchen, I’m typically whipping up pecan pie.
9. I’m both a reader and a writer.
10. The best paper title I ever created was “An Arrangement of Deception.”
11. The literary place I’d most like to visit is Hogwarts.

    

12. My dream job is to be a teacher.
13. An author I truly admire is Jane Austen.
14. My go-to children’s book is The Napping House, by Audrey Wood.
15. The destination at the top of my travel bucket list is Greece.
16. My favorite part of being an English Major is spending time discussing literary themes.
17. The last book I read was Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green
    
18. My favorite book series is The Mortal Instruments, by Cassandra Clare.
19. My favorite place to buy books is at Hole-in-The-Wall secondhand stores.
    
20. In 10 years, I’m betting that the big trend in literature will be outer space.
21. My first job was as a nanny.
22. The last book I bought was The Girl Death Left Behind, by Lurlene McDaniels, and I have read it.
23. The celebrity I’d most like to spend a day with is Ed Sheeran.
24. If I could move anywhere in the world, I’d live in Chewton, England.
25. My Hogwarts House is Hufflepuff.