MariGold Blooms
Marigold is just your average teenage outcast. Smart, strong-willed, and unapologetically herself. Her father always taught her not to conform to the expectations of the people around her. Especially those of her mother; an L.A. socialite with plans for Marigold’s future, that are far from what sees Marigold for herself.
When her mother forces her to spend the summer at the family beach house, a place filled with memories of a happier time, and a place Marigold is in no rush to return to. Marigold doesn’t think that the summer could get any worse. But contrary to what she expects, she makes some unlikely friendships in Hannah, Jamie, and Connor. As her friendships grow, she starts to spread her wings, but try as she might she cannot break the tether holding her to her past. Will Marigold break free of the image she has long held onto or will she finally break free and become the person she really is?
Born in Athens Greece, to a Canadian Father and an English Mother, Victoria Gates, she is the oldest of two children and spent her early years traveling across Asia and Europe, following her father’s career; until she and her brother hit school age, at which time her family settled in Nova Scotia, Canada, where she currently resides today.
Despite maintaining her Canadian roots Victoria’s childhood was spent straddling what she considers her two homes, Canada and England, spending many a summer in England with her cousins, aunts, uncles, and maternal grandparents, growing up with a strong sense of culture and family.
Victoria Gates has always tried to get the most out of every opportunity that has been afforded her, including while she studied Commerce at Saint Mary’s University, having the opportunity to spend a summer in Angers, France, developing her French language skills and before the pandemic she also spent time teaching English in Ratchaburi, Thailand, during which time she spent her weekends getting out and exploring the beautiful country and all it had to offer. Unfortunately, the experience was cut short due to the outbreak and having to return home before the borders closed.
Writing wasn’t always easy for Victoria growing up despite her over-active imagination and penchant for telling wild tales. She struggled with reading and writing, it wasn’t until middle school when her love of reading kicked in that she started to make strides and show prowess in writing. Eventually landing her in advanced placement English classes by her final year of high school, and completed her first manuscript ‘Mari-Gold Blooms’ by the age of nineteen.
Victoria currently earns a living working for a telecommunications engineering firm not far from where she lives. Despite that, she is
never too far from a pen and paper, as the ever-present ink marks on her hand will attest to and she’s actively working on her next project. When she is not working you can find her reading in the company of her dog Charlie, and some good music.
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