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And what were you like as a teenager growing up, a young teen?

I was very curious, I was not into sports, I was not, you know, not into the things that most teenagers were interested in. I loved writing. I spent a lot of time in the library.

Miguel Esteban grew up in Glendale, California with his mother and brother and sister.

His parents divorced when he was seven.

He worked on the school newspaper in yearbook and played Cornette in band.

He liked his English classes, but hated math and science.

And also thanks to my friends, I did become a little bit of a sci-fy freak.

Science fiction began for me with watching reruns of Star Trek.

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