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I have very little recollection of learning to read-I think it was probably a smooth and organic process. My parents read to me from the time I was in a crib and from an early age I had an interest in various forms of literature (comic books, novels, plays, etc.). English was always my strongest subject in school (don't ask about math). I independently became interested in reading the works of certain authors-I read every John Grisham book published by the time I turned 14. I moved on to a variety of different authors (like Vonnegut, Wolfe, Tolkien, Thompson, Asimov, Shakespeare, Pohl, King etc.), voraciously consuming everything I could get my hands on. If I find that a particular author interests me, I'll try to read their entire body of work.