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Meet Alyza Behal, Who Mixes Gymnastics, Art, and Stories

An 8-year-old who is happiest mixing poems, silly tales, gymnastics, and art all at once. That energy runs through her writing.

Bukmuk Publishing19 May 20261 min read

Alyza Behal is 8, and she loves reading stories almost as much as writing her own poems and silly tales.

When she is not writing, she is doing gymnastics or making art, and she is happiest when she gets to mix all three. You can feel that mix in her work: playful, energetic, unafraid to be funny.

Her story appears in our newest anthology, Whispers of Many Worlds, one of twelve voices spanning ages 7 to 16. Alyza sits at the younger end, and she more than holds her own.

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If you're 7 to 17 and you've got a story in you, we'll help you write it, publish it, and put your name on a spine.