Even though the only option was A, I do believe that A is the correct option. While speaking in first person, the reader feels like it is them doing the interactions in the book. And that is what helps the reader to learn the names of the other characters in the book faster and understand the book in a clearer sense.
"And thanks to my first story, I’d already met most of the school administrators in person and had the beginnings of an actual list of sources for future stories."
