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Honors Mentor Connection

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Minnetonka High School Senior Aims for Bestseller List

Student Spotlight: Clare Skalle writes with creativity and confidence.

Clare Skalle has high hopes for her future.  “I plan to be a bestselling author and a famous director,” Skalle said.  The Minnetonka High School senior has written five short stories and is working on another for her college application. “I love writing teen fiction consisting of fantasy with a little zest of romance,” she said. Skalle’s poem My Dear Peggy appeared in Emerson College’s online magazine, The Elm. Her story Little Lost Girl was published in Minnetonka High’s Literary Magazine. “It’s about a boy who is dared by the school bully to venture into the supposedly haunted school building,” she said.  “I don't really write for any publication, I simply write to write,” she said. “I love being able to create worlds and rules, …

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