Biography

Technically this is an autobiography, but it is a place to learn more about the webmaster, Kylie 'drago' McCormick.

I was born on May 7 in Connecticut, USA and given the name Kylie McCormick. I was raised in Connecticut and was educated for nine years in Catholic school. During the beginning of my education I focused on computers, websites, and sometimes on my writing. As I began high school, I began researching something I loved quite dearly: dragons. Since I was young, I had an interest in dragons. My love of dragons was probably founded upon the fact that one of my oldest toys was an old, ragged dragon (missing one eye) and her 'son', a smaller dragon stuffed animal.

When I study dragons, I usually start at the library. Then when I find a dragon I find interesting, I further research him or her through the internet and through more books. It's been getting harder and harder to find new dragons, especially because now I am in college and have little time for research. I attend Mount Holyoke College, and I am pursuing a BA in Computer Science and Theater Arts. I also enjoy studying English, history, French, and anthropology.

I grew up with cats. Currently, my family has nine cats: Amelia, Bones, Ezre, Kura, Obrian, Photon, Phaser, Sinclair, and Talia. I also have two pets, my ferret Artemis and my beta fish Lung. Artemis is named for the Geek Goddess of the moon, hunting, and various other things. Lung is named for the Chinese word for dragon. Before Lung, I had another beta named Smok.

At the age of 18, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, which affects 10% of all women. Luckily, I was diagnosed at a young age, where most women aren't diagnosed until they are in their late twenties or thirties. This has led me to become more driven to promote the existence of the syndrome as well as other unknown diseases that afflict women. Again, this has taken away time from my website, but I believe it has been for a good cause. I've walked for a Cure for Breast Cancer, which I hope to do more of in the future.

When I turned 18, I got a tattoo as well. It is a small red wyvern on the back of my left arm. It also has blue undertones.

I enjoy reading, namely fantasy novels. Robin McKinley, who wrote The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown, and J. K. Rowling, author of the popular Harry Potter series are two of my favorite authors. J. R. R. Tolkien (his non-Middle Earth books especially), Terry Pratchett, and Craig Shaw Gardner are also authors that I enjoy reading. While I do like books with dragons within them, I like non-dragon related fantasy books as well.

I was raised Catholic, but for a very long time I identified as agnostic or an agnostic Christian. However, at the age of nineteen I decided to become a Christian again, and I returned the to Catholic Faith.

In my spare time, I like to bowl, play pool, swim, work out, draw, play chess, play Texas Hold'em, and relax.