Rae Ellen Lee

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Rae Ellen Lee had the good fortune of growing up on a stump ranch in Northern Idaho. She later served in the Foreign Service in Washington, D.C., Switzerland and (then) Yugoslavia. After earning a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Idaho, she worked with the U.S. Forest Service for sixteen years. She has also studied creative writing at the University of Montana, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, B.C., and Western Washington University Extension.

Her first memoir, IF THE SHOE FITS (Sheridan House, 2001), recounts the move with new husband, Tom, from the mountains of Montana to a sailboat. The goal: fix up a leaky old boat, learn to sail, and head for the Caribbean. “The result of their move,” said Cruising World Magazine, “is part triumph and part disaster, laced with humor and love.” Rae Ellen has e-published the book as I ONLY CUSS WHEN I'M SAILING. A second memoir, MY NEXT HUSBAND WILL BE NORMAL - A ST. JOHN ADVENTURE, reveals the funny side of life in the U.S. Virgin Islands, during which time her handsome, brilliant and funny husband turned sixty and evolved into a woman.

Her first novel, THE BLUEBIRD HOUSE - A BROTHEL, A DIARY, A MURDER(Five Star, 2002)--a paranormal, historical, romance-adventure novel with a mystery and some mountain man recipes--is set in a Montana mining camp brothel she renovated and lived in from 1993-1996. A second novel, CHEATING THE HOG - A SAWMILL, A TRAGEDY, A FEW GUTSY WOMEN, set in the Inland Northwest, is dedicated to women working in the trades.

An amateur naturalist and geezer enthusiast, Rae Ellen has edited and published POWDER MONKEY TALES – A PORTRAIT IN STORIES, a collection of anecdotes told by Wesley Moore, alias Posthole Augerson, a Midwestern farmer turned "powder monkey" in the woods of Northern Idaho. One story from the book, "The Osprey and the Fishing License," was performed in the 1989 Idaho Centennial play, Idaho Tales, Tall and True. After 25 years of research, she will also publish her illustrated humor book, A FIELD GUIDE TO GEEZERS, forthcoming in early summer, 2013. This light-hearted, affectionate look at a little-understood subculture includes both common and scientific names of the various geezer species. Field notes reveal their description, habitat and range, as well as the songs they sing in the morning. Watch for her mini-seminars on how to identify the various species and the pros and cons of acquiring one of your own.

Unless she’s out biting the wind in the wilds of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming or Utah, Rae Ellen can be found writing , hiking, and sketching near Bellingham, WA, often in the company of her dog, Sudsie. She enjoys connecting with readers on Twitter, Goodreads, and Facebook.