Celia Cook

Celia Cook is a junior English and Psychology major, with a concentration in creative writing. She spent her first two years at UMD as part of the College Park Art Scholars Program, and will spend her final two years as part of the Jimanez-Porter Writer's House (JPWH). Cook is also the President of the Novelist Support Group, a club within JPWH, that seeks to help others edit, storyboard, and complete their novels. She began writing at the age of twelve, when she penned the first draft of what would become her fantasy novel Rise of the Ieta. Her second novel will be debuting soon, and she hopes to continue writing short stories and novels long after she has graduated. Her writing aims to celebrate LGBTQIA+ and female characters, often through fantasy and sci-fi stories. Cook's writing is also heavily inspired by her many travels from her childhood. Cook hopes to continue spreading joy through her stories. Her ambitions in writing are only paralleled by her thirst for knowledge of the world around her.