Who is Agnes Stone?

A note from the Author

Home & Hustle:

I was born on the East Coast, raised in a small Missouri town (population: 2,000—where everyone knew everyone), and spent most of my life in West Central Illinois. I now call Southern Colorado home. My muses:

• James, my husband and the love of my life—the only soul brave enough to yank me out of writerly oblivion with reminders like “have you eaten” and “maybe it's time for a break.”
• Robbie, my youngest son, doubles as my anchor and personal comedian, ensuring I never take life too seriously.
• Marlene, my oldest son, deserves a medal for listening to me ramble about fictional worlds as if I’m delivering a TED Talk.
• Pandora & Parker, the feline chaos agents who sabotage my TikTok videos with Olympic-level creativity (think: sudden cameos and tripod acrobatics).

I traded small-town charm for mountain skies, where I earned my associate’s degree from Pueblo Community College (2023) and my bachelor’s degree from Southern New Hampshire University (2025) because sleep is overrated.

When I’m not wrangling chaos, you’ll find me:

• Researching new book ideas (my search history is absolutely on an FBI watch list).
• Immersed in my local creative community—often at literary open mic nights
• Photographing clouds or staring at the stars.
• Failing spectacularly at being “artsy.”
• Hosting game nights, rolling D&D dice, and debating zombie apocalypse survival tactics.
• Binging watching TV.
• Dissociating from reality while writing (it’s fine, everything’s fine).

This or That Author Edition:

Plotter or Pantser? Pantser—outlines are for organized people, whom I envy.

Drafting or Editing? Drafting. I like to leave editing till the end of my deadline so I can live in a state of chaos and burnout.

Dialogue or Description? Description. I sometimes forget that my characters have voices.

Character-Driven or Plot-Driven? Character-driven. The plot is just their emotional baggage taxi.

Write with music or silence? Music—but only instrumental; otherwise, I’m performing like Adele instead of typing.

Handwritten or typed? Typed. I’m too easily distracted by pens and paper.

Morning writer or night owl? Reformed night owl.

Write in a dedicated space or anywhere? Dedicated space, no cats allowed.

Favorites:

Food: Egg rolls + ice cream (separately, you monsters).

Drink: Dr. Pepper Zero Cream Soda by day, iced proffee by… also day.

Color: Rainbow. Yes, it’s a color!

Place to Visit: Back home in Illinois (nostalgia is my other muse).

Pizza Topping: Ham + mushrooms—fight me.

Time of Year: Christmas or when it’s raining.

Genre to Read: Everything. My bookshelf is a multiverse.

Current Mission:

Crafting speculative worlds that claw at the edges of reality—where the impossible feels inevitable, and readers leave questioning their own shadows. Also, professionally inventing new and fun ways to destroy humanity (for novel research, of course… one suspicious Google search at a time).

Agnes IRL