Kahlan Asche was born in Portland, Oregon and knew she wanted to be a writer since the third grade, when she caused a commotion by writing that her character saw her (male) teacher...view moreKahlan Asche was born in Portland, Oregon and knew she wanted to be a writer since the third grade, when she caused a commotion by writing that her character saw her (male) teacher naked by accident. Once he held a conference with her parents and determined that she was mentally stable, he gushed about the superior quality of her writing. "I was the writing equivalent of Eminem in the third grade," Kahlan claims. "And I knew I would always remain true to the story, even if it meant humiliating parent/teacher meetings."view less