Dania Alonto Younes is a high school student and ambitious author. Growing up in a big, mixed family of Lebanese and Filipino descent, Dania learnt many different skills and hobbies from her family as she grew up as the youngest of four. She adores her siblings and parents for their love and continuous support in her writing ambitions. Though reading and writing wasn’t her favourite thing growing up. She didn't fantasise about reading when she was younger and struggled to read complex words that made her shy away from reading in front of anyone.  

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The positive influence of her grade 5 school friends encouraged Dania to open a novel for the first time and delve into the reading elements of her author  journey. In 2020, with the Covid-19 lockdown, reading in her room became her refuge as stepping out of the house was no longer a haven for everyone.

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Developing a passion for reading from thereon allowed  her to expand her extensive bookshelf’s collection of fiction books. Her reading interests are fiction novels and other educational material. She started writing her first fiction novel at the age of 11 when she was in grade 5, during the 2020 pandemic lockdown, and completed her writing on her 12th birthday.  As a present, Dania’s parents promised to  publish it. Due to the high demand of publishing during Covid-19 lockdown, Dean Publishing was able to work on it in 2022 by then Dania was already 13. She is now attending her high school, where she is an achiever in most of her subjects. 

Dania aspires to be a great published author and writer and her journey has just begun.