She later moved to North Carolina, where she worked in the trust department of a bank. Writing remained only a hobby, though, as Candace attended college at the University of Texas at Austin and West Texas State University, then became a secondary teacher in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. However, in written form, I could express all my thoughts and feelings." Explains Candace: "I was always very shy and did not talk much. She began writing down her stories when she was about 10, and from then on writing was her favorite form of relaxation. She cannot remember a time when she was not interested in creating stories. The youngest of three children born into a newspaper family - her mother, Lula Mae (Irons) Camp, had been a reporter and her father, Grady Camp, was the business manager of the Amarillo, Texas, newspaper - some of Candace's earliest memories are of making up stories which she played out on the floor of their den with whatever objects were handy. Candace Pauline Camp was born on in Amarillo, Texas, U.S.A.
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