Savannah Rayne

I was born and raised in the big city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I am the oldest child in a family of three children. Reading has been part of my life as far back as I can remember. It seems I always had books around and read anything I could get my hands on. I would go to the library two or three times a week. My library card was one of my most cherished possessions. My dad introduced me to the classics Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London when I was nine years old. I was an excellent student and by the time I was in the fifth grade, my reading and comprehension was at a second year college level. The first five years of schooling, I attended a Catholic school. My mom passed away when I was 11 years old, my dad enrolled us in the public school system. Through middle school and high school, I was consistently on the honor roll and I pretty much carried a 4.00 GPA. Besides reading, my extra curricular activities were volleyball, basketball, and the psychology club. I also worked on the high school yearbook for two years.

Once I reached those wonderful teenage years, I wouldn’t get grounded in the typical way where I couldn’t go out or use the telephone, (ok, sometimes I got those too, lol) I got grounded from going to the library! To emphasize his point, my dad would also take the books out of my room. It was shear torture let me tell you. If I really messed up (even seemingly smart teenagers do that) it was all of the above and he also took away my music. I never let that happen very often, lol. Reading and music seem to go, hand in hand for me. Both help me relax and bring me such enjoyment. With so many genres in each area, it’s really the best of both worlds.

Horror books became my first love during those years. This also carried over into the types of movies I preferred. For many decades, I’ve had an on going love affair with anything horrific. The scarier something was, the more I loved it.

In my early twenties, I also started reading romance books just to break up the monotony. Historical romance soon became my new favorite. But alas, all the romantic love triangles and happily ever after endings became too much for me, so back to the dark side I seemed to go.

It’s also at this time I got married and started a family. Although the marriage ended after twenty one years, it produced my two wonderful children. They will always be my greatest accomplishment. They are now grown and on their own. They’ve become responsible, productive members of society and I am very proud of them.

While raising my children I entered the child care field. Initially I did certified in home child care, which allowed me to be able to be at home when my children needed me. It was a win/win situation for everyone.

I also introduced my children to the world of books. It started with Dr. Seuss when they were little but then went to R. L. Stine. Even though my children were young, I’d let them watch scary movies. I didn’t want kids who were afraid of every little thing that went bump in the night. While in grade school they loved Freddy Krueger and Jason, lol. To this day, they still enjoy a good spooky movie. Today, my daughter and I recommend books to each other and then share our opinion on the story. My son doesn’t have the time to read quite as much as he use to.

In 2006 I relocated to a new area and took a job working in a day care center. I started as a temporary substitute working part time and with in a few weeks I was offered a full time assistant teaching position. I also took the necessary classes to become a lead teacher. A year later I had my own classroom of children who were four and five years old.


The year 2007 again brought changes and another move to a new location. I decided to go back to doing in home child care and am currently doing just that. I’ve also been given the amazing opportunity to become an editor for a new publishing company, along with being the personal assistant for a new, up and coming author.

Now at almost 48 years old, I have co-written the dark fantasy book, Demon Lust, with the wonderfully talented Ron Giese. We are now under contract with Hellfire Publishing!!! It just goes to show you're never too old to try something new :)

I think I will always have a book that needs reading. I’m the type of person who has two or three books going at once. Whether it’s a romance with a bit of history in it, a mystery that I want to solve before the final chapter or a horror story that leaves me sleeping with the lights on, books will always be a huge part of me and my life.

Hugs, Savannah