Rayne Lacko writes about emotions, creativity, and the healing power of music in Dream Up Now: The Teen Journal for Creative Self-Discovery and the YA novel A Song For The Road, an Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist. A social-emotional learning specialist with a master's in humanities, she lectures on writing and literature, advocates for social justice, and travels for inspiration. Rayne's short stories and poetry have appeared in international publications and anthologies. She lives on a forested island in Washington, US, where the trees whisper story ideas.
