![]() ![]() ![]() At Wachusett Regional High School, instructor Suzanne Rubenstein taught a memorable course in creative writing and was full of encouragement, Alicia remembers. The couple now has three published books between them and another-Quick’s newest young adult novel-is on the way.īessette’s dream of becoming a writer was born at Dawson Elementary School in Holden, where teacher Bob Moran first instilled in her a love of reading and writing. “Plus, I had been gone so long it was a really nice homecoming.”Īnd much to the delight of those who loved the duo and had wished them well in the pursuit of their dreams, both Bessette and her husband scored literary agents for their work and the string of successes was underway. The Holden native returned to her childhood stomping grounds, knowing in her heart that a rent-free life was the only way to put the pieces in order. “We’d grown stagnant, and we were just not into the nine-to-five grind anymore.” “We both wanted to be writers,” she explains. The plan, though anxiety-provoking at times, was simple. ![]() “It’s not a bad way to live,” she laughs. The shift, in fact, has led to the new release of her debut novel “Simply From Scratch” and Bessette, for one, is amazed that the plan worked. Alicia refers to it as a “big shift,” but perhaps that is a bit of an understatement. In 2005, Alicia Bessette and her husband Matthew Quick quit their jobs, sold their Philadelphia-area house and moved in with her parents. ![]()
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