2) Introducing Homer Norman (character concept bio)

Born on December 16, 2017, Homer Clarke Norman is the eldest child of the late Lawrence ‘Larry’ Norman and Clea (Willcott) Norman. He’s lived his entire life in and around Ithaca, New York, where his late father ran an auto repair shop and where his mother is, and for more than a decade has been, a professor of classics at Cornell University. He’s honored to share names with two people: his great uncle, Homer Herman Willcott, who became Clea’s legal guardian after both her parents tragically perished in an automobile accident, and Arthur C. Clarke, a famous science-fiction author and a visionary, whose birthday Homer shares. Homer is introverted by nature and somewhat nerdy—he has a near-photographic memory, and will happily tell you everything he knows about astronomy and space travel, his favorite interests. He’s also something of an ‘old soul’—intuitive, introspective, even moody at times. He has few friends, but those he does have are bound to his soul with hoops of steel.