This was followed up by ‘Silent Night’, ‘A Spear of Summer Grass’ and, most recently ‘Far in the Wilds’ written in 2013. Her first other solo book was ‘The Dead Travel Fast’ which was written in 2010. Writing Careerĭeanna Raybourn currently has nine books to her name, five of which make up the popular Lady Julia Grey series. After this there was no turning back as she then began to build upon her initial success with a strong and substantial literary career.
It was only when MIRA Books stepped in that she made her first deal for two three-book deals to be published. This didn’t happen straight away though as she dealt with a string of rejections from publisher after publisher first. That ended though once she had a baby and decided it was high-time she took the step of taking up writing full-time. During this time she married her college sweetheart right after her graduation day.įollowing on from her graduation from college, she went directly into teaching high-school English, which lasted for over three years. It wasn’t until fourteen years later that she was to sign her first book deal. Writing her first novel at twenty-three, she started early with her career. It was with this that she was to go on and create her Victorian era set mystery romance themed novels.
Having attended the University of Texas at San Antonio, she graduated majoring in both History and English. Early and Personal Lifeīorn on the 17th of June, 1968, in Fort Worth, Texas, Deanna Raybourn now currently lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. Living in Virginia, Williamsburg, she has proven to be a successful American author with an Agatha Award given for her writing. Writing mostly mystery novels, Deanna Raybourn focuses primarily on the Victorian era as she’s best known for her highly popular ‘Julia Grey’ series of books.
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