Early Life
Dawson was born in Millville, New Jersey. While attending high school, she was inspired by Stephen King's novel Salem's Lot to become a writer. She also worked for her high school newspaper. She graduated from Bridgeton High School in Bridgeton, New Jersey in 1989.
After high school, she enrolled in Glassboro State College. There, she worked for both the college's newspaper and magazine. While at Glassboro, she also began publishing stories and poems in various publications, including Dan DeBono's Gareth Blackmore's Unusual Tales, Happiness Magazine, Lucidity, Black Bough, and The New Jersey Review of Literature. Dawson graduated from Glassboro State College in 1993.
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