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Violet Yates is a 42 year old published author, mother and book lover.

A love of the English language was fostered in Violet Yates at a young age. Since the time she could first read, books were an escape to a world full of fantasy and imagination, where horses became unicorns and wings, where tornadoes picked up houses and little girls and they somehow landed in an emerald city. Having grown up in Hawaii, there was quite a bit of Hawaiian legend to be told to little Violet, as well as Chinese stories of girls and boys being born from peaches and growing from trees. She wrote her first story at age 8 and sent it into Highlights magazine, who sadly rejected it. But that did not stop her. Throughout Violet’s life, she worked at perfecting her writing, striving to achieve straight A’s in school.

While in New York in her 30′s, her love of words led her to seek a Bachelor’s degree in English, and during those years she wrote a novel, a novella and several short stories. She went on to obtain a Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration. Violet loves to read, write, watch movies, listen to music and dream. She considers the Bible to be the best book ever written. Violet has three children: a 23 year old son who is strong and wise, a 22 year old son who is handsome and makes her so proud, and a beautiful 13 year old daughter who takes after her mother a great deal.

Currently Violet lives on the Kona Coast in Hawaii.

Awards: Violet's short story, Forgotten Forest of the Innocent, won an award of first prize in a short story writing contest on Writer's Village in 2002. She also won an award at Konawaena High School during her ninth grade year for an essay about overcoming adversity.

Her published works are affiliated with Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Apple ITunes, Sony, Kobo, Diesel, Flipkart, Oyster, Scribd & Baker & Taylor.



Books: Aside from the bible, I love literature such as Paul Auster, Harry Potter, detective novels, mysteries, fantasy. I loved C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy- if you haven't read it yet, you've got to check it out. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are also wonderful novels.

Interests: Writing, reading, swimming, walking, going to movies, playing solitaire on the pc, researching history, true crime, blogging, watching favorite tv shows (Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, Vikings, Reign, The 100, The Middle, Bates Motel), crocheting, sewing, embroidery, crafts, candlemaking, soapmaking, intrigue, reading the news, talking to family on internet (not a phone person), emailing people, taking photographs.