Jen Lowry Writes

Young adult literary fiction author Philip Barker believes it is important to do something every day that scares you, even if it’s only a  little bit; it means you are pushing yourself to experience new things.  Through his writing, he aspires to provide his young readers a  different perspective, to put emotions into words so that they can hopefully feel a way that they normally wouldn’t, or even wouldn’t want to.  Philip realized in high school that he wanted to be a writer when he discovered that books have the capacity to make him think outside of the established way that was taught to him growing up in the suburbs of  Sydney, Australia. He likes to ground his stories in reality and relate them to personal experiences. It is his opinion that life itself is  amazing and story-worthy, and there are so many interesting people in the world, all things that he can harvest great writing from.  Philip believes a great story is one that has relatable and interesting characters.