A look inside the career of MacKenzie Bezos, who wrote her first novel at age 6 and was Toni Morrison's favorite student

MacKenzie Bezos, the wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is an award-winning novelist. She's had literary ambitions since she was six years old. Bezos is now the author of two novels, "The Testing of Luther Albright" and "Traps."When Jeff Bezos told his wife MacKenzie about his idea for a new company, she was immediately on board.Bezos traveled with her husband to Seattle, where she worked for the fledgling Amazon as an accountant.The move was a bit of a departure for the Princeton grad, who had long dreamed of becoming a writer. Butshe was eager to support her husband."To me, watching your spouse, somebody that you love, have an adventurewhat is better than that'" MacKenzie said during an interview with CBS.Since the early days of Amazon, Bezos has gone on to pursue her literary dreams, publishing two novels, "The Testing of Luther Albright" in 2005 and "Traps" in 2013.Here's a look at the career of award-winning novelist MacKenzie Bezos:SEE ALSO:A look inside the marriage of world's richest couple, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos ' who met at work, were engaged in 3 months, and own more land than almost anyone else in AmericaDON'T MISS:A day in the life of the world's richest person, Jeff Bezos ' who made $6.44 billion in one day, wakes up without an alarm, and washes dishes after dinnerMacKenzie grew up in San Francisco. She told Vogue she was a shy child who would often stay in her bedroom writing "elaborate stories."Source: VogueShe authored her first book ' "The Book Worm" 'at the age of six. The handwritten, 142-page novel was later lost in a flood, according to her Amazon author bio.Source: AmazonAfter high school, MacKenzie attended Hotchkiss, then transferred to Princeton in order to study fiction with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.Source: VogueSee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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