The author remembers interning at the sweatshop of a nonfiction publisher in California, a full-time job that saw her spend four days out of her week in a tiny non-air conditioned office. Kincaid shelved any possibility of writing and publishing as a career.Ĭollege changed everything. She didn’t even believe that she had what it took to start and actually complete a novel, let alone getting it published. However, Kincaid wasn’t very optimistic about a future in publishing. She saw the fun and the joy that it could elicit and she accepted that she wanted to be a writer in her own right, regardless of what her older sister did in the long run. Over time, Kincaid came to own her writing habit. She thought writing was cool because her sister was doing it. Though, Kincaid will tell you that it took a while for her passion for writing to blossom into something real.ĭuring those earlier days, Kincaid simply wanted to follow in the footsteps of her sister. Even as a child, she spent many a waking hour jotting simple tales down and amazing her friends with her storytelling abilities. Kincaid is a pretty accomplished individual with multiple degrees from Illinois and Ohio universities, though her passion has always been writing. Kincaid was born in Alabama, California, though she eventually moved to New Hampshire where she attended high school. Kincaid is an American author that writes science fiction novels with a young adult spin to them.
Kincaid's futuristic World War III Insignia trilogy continues to explore fascinating and timely questions about power, politics, technology, loyalty, and friendship.S.J. Will his idealism and bravado cost him everything - and everyone - that matters to him? Filled with action and intelligence, camaraderie and humor, the second book in S. But when he learns that he and his friends have unwittingly made the most grievous error imaginable, Tom must find a way to outwit an enemy so nefarious that victory seems hopeless. Drawn into a power struggle more dramatic than he has ever faced before, Tom stays a hyperintelligent step ahead of everyone, like the exceptional gamer he is - or so he believes. And the more aware he becomes of the corruption surrounding him, the more determined he becomes to fight it, even if he sabotages his own future in the process.
Encouraged to betray his ideals and friendships for the sake of his country, Tom is convinced there must be another way. But as training intensifies and a moment arrives that could make or break his entire career, Tom's loyalties are again put to the test. Now in their second year as superhuman government weapons-in-training at the Pentagonal Spire, Tom and his friends are midlevel cadets in the elite combat corps known as the Intrasolar Forces.
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