Meet the Teen Editorial Board
Meet Lake Erie Ink 2018-2019 Teen Editorial Board…
Grace Advent, Our Lady of the Elms High School
Grace spends most of her time in cemeteries, antique stores, and her darkroom. When she’s not taking photos on her Minolta, she is acting as co-president for both the art club and the speech and debate team, going to classes at the Cleveland Print Room, or playing her electric guitar. Grace is graduating from both high school and Lake Erie Ink. She plans to attend Brown University to study Egyptology in the fall.
Ryan Brady, Hathaway Brown School
Ryan Brady is a junior at Hathaway Brown School, and this is her second year on the Teen Editor board. Ryan is interested in debate, history, and government. She is also a representative of the World Literacy Foundation, and believes that writing is a powerful tool to spread knowledge and share ideas.
Maple Buescher, Cleveland Heights High School
Maple Buescher is a second-year LEI editor with a passion for writing, history, and writing about history. When she’s not procrastinating her homework or stressing about all the homework she’s procrastinated, you can find Maple reading, writing, or scraping dead horsehair against animal gut strings stretched across an empty wooden box (a pastime also known as playing the violin). Maple enjoys writing all types of prose, but particularly loves narrative fiction of varying shapes and sizes. She has been known to spend extended time talking aloud to her characters in the
bathroom mirror until her sister kicks her out.
Faith Kim, homeschool
Faith Kim loves stories. She doesn’t really care whether they’re well-worn memories whispered around the campfire, the beloved pages of a book, or flying colors across a screen. As long as it’s a great story, she’s a fan, although she tends to be a sucker for books and fantasy adventure. Her dream is to write irresistibly fun stories that reach the heart. Illusions and Reality is the third and last time she has had the pleasure of being young and cool enough to be an editor of one Lake Erie Ink’s teen anthologies, and she is so thankful for all the amazing writers, fellow editors, and adult mentors who have made working on the books so wonderful.
Anthony Koonce, homeschool
Anthony Koonce is a homeschooled sophomore, and so by very definition he is a little weird. He has interests in many forms of creative media, including video production, photography, and writing. Anthony has been an editor on the past two books created through Lake Erie Ink, Home/Away From Home and Roots and Branches. His personal favorite books include Eragon (and all subsequent sequels) by Christopher Paolini, along with The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Anthony is constantly working on a wide array of projects, from videos to novels to plays. Past recognition for his work has included a Gold Key from Scholastic Art and Writing, along with having two short plays staged at local theaters. Anthony is excited to once again be part of Lake Erie Ink’s book project, and he hopes to remain involved in the years to come.
Julie Larick, Shaker Heights High School 
Julie is a sophomore at Shaker Heights High School, with love for all things literature. She is the literary editor of her school’s creative arts magazine, resident dramaturgy of the theatre program, and a 4th-year competitor in Pen Ohio. Julie volunteers at Ink Spot in her free time, and is a notorious doodler! Her favorite genres include magic realism and historical fiction, but she loves comedy writing (and has watched The Office at least 6 times). Julie has illustrated the cover for and had poems featured in an anthology recently. She is thrilled to be apart of this editing community!
Halle Preneta, Kenston High School
Halle is a student at Kenston High School who likes theatre, music, YouTube, and animals. When she’s not writing she’s either watching YouTube or snuggling with her cat Oreo who is sometimes accidentally called George by her parents. She enjoys writing romance and sci-fi stories and gets her ideas from random life experiences and fanfiction.
Ayelet Travis, Cleveland Heights High school
Ayelet writes for fun, although the topics she writes about are anything but. Highly influenced by slam or spoken word poetry, Ayelet enjoys yelling angrily into the mic about the world’s problems through metaphorical language. Her other hobbies include reading fantasy novels, playing with her dog, and eating as much chocolate as she can get her hands on. She has eaten a frightening amount of chocolate over the course of her life and is very pleased with this fact.
