Rae Goldman

Growing up in a small midwestern farm community, gave Rae a sheltered life. When your town has five bars, five churches and a post office there isn’t much to do. So she spent her youth lost in books. She got her first babysitting job at ten years old, by the time she graduated from high school she was working three part time jobs and had won several writing awards. One week after graduation she ran away, joining the carnival that was visiting one town over. She spent the next three years traveling the United States. Working for a traveling carnival opened her eyes to the real world. After meeting the love of her life, she settled down to raise her family in the South. She has had many people inspire her throughout her life. The people that inspired her the most however were her teachers. She took every English and writing class her school offered. When she went back to college as an adult, she took every writing class available there also. Even though she isn’t working in her degree field, writing papers every week in college prepared her for the next step. She got to a point in her life that she felt lost, looking for direction she called her best friend. Marissa Ann said something Rae never expected. “Write a book with me.” Rae had previously worked as Marissa’s editor and thought she knew what she was getting into.