A sixth-generation native Texan, Deanna Raybourn graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a double major in English and history and an emphasis on Shakespearean studies. She taught high school English for three years in San Antonio before leaving education to pursue a career as a novelist. SILENT IN THE SANCTUARY is the second novel in the Lady Julia Grey series. Deanna makes her home in Virginia, where she lives with her husband and daughter.
I write and I read. Everything else is just pretend.