Deanna Raybourn

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Deanna Raybourn was a double 2008 RITA® finalist in the RITA®: Best First Book and RITA®: Novel With Strong Romantic Elements categories for her novel Silent In The Grave. She won the 2008 RITA® in the RITA®: Novel With Strong Romantic Elements category. She is six-generation native of Texas who now makes her home in Virginia. Raybourn graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a double major in English and history and has taught English at the high school level.