Born in Ottawa, Ontario, on February 10, 1966, to Mike Lewis and Anne Powell, Wendy Lewis lived in Canada's capital city until she was six, at which time her family moved to a twenty-five-acre rambling farm near Metcalfe, Ontario. Another move, this time to Uxbridge, Ontario, occurred when she was eleven, and there she remained for her public school years. Lewis wanted to be a writer from as far back as she could remember. However, because she was a shy, quiet child, she did not talk much about such aspirations, choosing instead to read a lot. Characterizing herself as an "absolute bookworm," Lewis says that, from the time she started reading, her mother hardly ever saw her, for she would be tucked into a corner or on a tree branch with a book. When it came time to blow out the candles at Lewis's birthday parties...