How did you get interested in writing?

One of my favorite parts is when Marty and his family got to keep Shiloh,but the very interesting part was when Shiloh ran to Marty and,also when Marty built Shiloh his own pen so he could sleep in.The very exciting part was when Marty and his friend and his family found out that Shiloh was okay.   How did you get interested in writing?

My parents read aloud to us for a very long time when we were growing up, and I loved writing my own little books.  I was 16 when I had my first story published and I wrote short stories for 15 years before I wrote my first book.