To the world of readers, Carissa Schorback is a new writer. However, she has been writing for many years. She wrote her first poem when she was twelve years old. She enjoys reading, writing, and anything English. In fact, she feels that she only holds the pen and her poems sometimes write themselves. Some of her poems are sentimental, others are a play on words, and still others are a form of self-expression. Carissa lives with her family and pets in the suburbs of Maryland, where she writes for her local newspaper.