About the Writer
Kalynn is a freelance writer and script coordinator on an adventurous and unannounced pre-school show for DreamWorks Animation, where she also hosts a writer’s group and is the co-lead of MyAbilities, an employee resource group that focuses on representation and inclusion for people with disabilities like herself.
A child of California’s coastline, she took her love for the sea a splash too far, and now considers herself a part-time mermaid. When she’s not exploring the kelp forests, she enjoys watching anime or KDrama, and bursting out into showtunes; but no love is greater than her love for dreaming. Ever since she was young, she would imagine beautiful worlds filled with the wings of fairies, pesky spirit-infested cottages, and the magic that makes flowers bloom. Horses were also a significant part of her childhood, winning dressage musical freestyles with her unicorn “Merlin” all over the state. She collects hand-crafted notebooks that she will never write in because they’re too pretty for her poor penmanship, and Totoro plushies because she treasures soft things.
You can follow her mermaid Instagram @mermaidkalynn for a dose of magic.
It All Started With A True Story...
When she was 12, Kalynn wrote the true story of "Frankie Blue Eyes," a severely abused miniature pony that unfortunately couldn't be saved. Though admittedly riddled with grammatical errors, her mother believed it was special, so she submitted it to a small publication called "The Chronicle of the Horse." Not long after, she picked Kalynn up at her middle school and surprised her with copies of the magazine, containing her short nonfiction piece. She hasn't stopped writing ever since, whether it be lyrics, plays, poems, scripts, novels, you name it!
Background
Kalynn went to school at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN where she majored in Theatre Arts with a minor in Music and a Creative Writing certificate.
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After graduating, she started her career as a voice actor, and then while working at Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny, Ireland, she discovered her passion for animated storytelling. She hopes one day to create shows that empower the younger generation.
