Angie Hawkins is a prolific writer, starting in fifth grade when she won the Young Author award in her elementary school’s annual book writing contest. As an adult, she was accepted into The Second City Chicago sketch comedy writing program where her graduating class wrote and directed a show that ran on The Second City stage. She currently maintains a creative writing blog "So...What Happened Here?" that creates backstories about random street findings. The corresponding Instagram account, @sowhathappenedhere, has amassed seven thousand engaged followers.