- I wrote my first fan fic and sent it directly to the publisher at age 8.
- I interviewed the director of a big circus.
- I spent a summer milking goats and making goat cheese on a French dairy farm.
- During my very first sea kayak experience, I watched a 9m-long whale from a 2m distance.
- I shook hands with the Canadian Prime Minister.
- I climbed a palm tree in Africa barefoot.
- I slept in Luke Skywalker’s home on Tatooine.
- I’ve held driving licences in 3 different countries on 2 continents.
- For over a year, I made near-weekly 900km round trips by train for a 30km inline skate.
- I was in a studio shoot for a binational TV show.
- I’m the regional champion in my age group over 200m backstroke in the short-course pool.
- I kissed a cow.
- I was interviewed on French TV and national radio during the International Agricultural Fair.
Mayken Brünings
Writing Middle Grade fiction in Paris
