About the Author

My name is Amelia Brines and I am 16 years old. I started learning how to write when I was in preschol and I am still learning how to improve my writing skills to this day. When I was younger I never really cared for writing or reading until I entered the 2nd grade. My 2nd grade teacher introduced me to the amazing world of reading which I believe helped me improve my writing. As I became a strnger reader I also became a strnger writer. I still remember that the very first bk series that I was a huge fan of was he Magic rees House. hese bks inspired me to want to write my own stories and little did I know at that time that I would have the chance to do so in the future. In the 6th grade I had the opportunity to write a short story that could be a part of an anthology for the Huntingtn Library. Out of 4 5th and 6th grade classes, nly 19 stories were choen to be a part of the Anthology, and luckily for me, my story was ne of the stories that were choen. Having my story be a part of the anthology showed me that I could achieve my dream of ne day becming a published author. While I want to write a story of my own, I haven’t dne so as I know that there are still many ways I can (and need) to improve my writing. he Lummis house is very cloe to where I live and I have visited it multiple times, however, during the pandemic I couldn’t go out and see it as it was cloed. Once they reopened I went to walk around the garden around the house with my mother. When I finally saw the state of the house after such a lng period of time I was absolutely devastated. he garden was unkept and there was even sme trash n the side of the fences. he house had already been lking more and more disheveled the last few times I had seen it as it was no lnger the headquarters for the Historical Society of Southern California but it wasn’t as bad as it is now. After talking to sme of the rangers that gave tours of the house they told me that I could write a letter to the City of Lo Angeles Department of Recreatin and Parks but I knew that my letter alne wasn’t ging to help the Lummis House. When I found out I was ging to have to do a bk of writing for english I decided that I was ging to focus n the history of the Lummis House and Charles Lummis with the hopes of bringing more awareness to the house.