But, if his existence is real, it has dangerous implications not only for Fern, but for her world. He says that he’s not a figment of Fern’s imagination and is determined to prove it. The reason she is one step away from a psych ward. The reason Fern cannot keep a job and has been passed from one psychologist to another. Now nineteen, Fern still sees Tristan, only he is no longer her friend. The Girl Who Could See follows Fern Johnson, a young woman who’s imaginary friend, Tristan, first appeared in her life when she was eight years old-and has never left. And I think most of us probably understood what it was like to use our childhood imaginations to create friends and take us places. She has published many articles, including one in the Encounter magazine, and she received the Mount Hermon Most Promising Teen Writer award in 2015.ĭid you have an imaginary friend growing up? I did. Her short story is included in Kathy Ide’s 21 Days of Joy: Stories that Celebrate Mom. At seventeen, she independently published her debut fantasy novel, Pearl of Merlydia. Able to relate with characters dropped suddenly into a unique new world, she quickly fell in love with the speculative genre and was soon penning stories herself. About the Author As the daughter of missionaries, KARA SWANSON spent sixteen years of her young life in the jungles of Papua New Guinea.
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