Perky's Books and Gifts (Rainey) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—May 23, 1960
• Raised—on military posts around the world
• Education—B.S., Florida Southern College
• Currently—lives in central Florida, USA


Evelyn Rainey lives very quietly in a small southern town with her dog, three cats, and thousands of home-grown tadpoles and frogs (don't ask). She spends her time in this incarnation teaching, writing, and belly dancing.

Her first novel Minna Pegeen was published in 2011 and was followed by Bedina's War in 2012. Perky’s Books & Gifts, her third novel, began to take form during the six years she worked at Books-a-Million as a part-time paperback specialist and Red Badge. The Island Remains, her fourth book, is due out in July, 2014. Evelyn's guest-author appearances have have included the 2012 Carolina Renaissance Festival and upcoming ALT*Con and Necronomicon. She has also been published in anthologies, magazines, columns, and newspapers.

Rainey facilitates Writers for All Seasons. She has been an educator for thirty-one years with certifications in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Middle School Integrated Curriculum, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Gifted Education, and Journalism.

Outside of the school system, she is an herbalist, a singer, belly-dancer and she loves to do book-signings. Her online presence includes Evelyn-Rainey.com, WritingRainey.blogspot.com, Twitter (EvelynRainey), MySpace, Delicious, Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit, and Facebook as (WritingRainey),  and Goodreads as (Evelyn_Rainey). She also writes the weekly Science Fiction/Fantasy Books column for BellaOnline (From the author.)

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