Tegan Behel is a novelist, screenwriter and designer based in Santa Barbara, California.
On being a woman: I have been hunched here, for 100 years, stuck in the shape of a conch shell, hearing nothing but waves. If I met a Djinn, my first wish would be for world peace, but my second would be to crack my spine in 1000 places. Imagine each crack, a whip of relief, an unfurling, a straightening, a release. When I chewed bubble gum, the taste was fleeting, but the POP POP POP would last for hours. Like that. My third wish would be to stand tall for the rest of my life.
On being a woman: I have been hunched here, for 100 years, stuck in the shape of a conch shell, hearing nothing but waves. If I met a Djinn, my first wish would be for world peace, but my second would be to crack my spine in 1000 places. Imagine each crack, a whip of relief, an unfurling, a straightening, a release. When I chewed bubble gum, the taste was fleeting, but the POP POP POP would last for hours. Like that. My third wish would be to stand tall for the rest of my life.
Representation
Tegan is represented by Erin Niumata and Melissa Sarver White at Folio Literary Management
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