R. Raeta is a 2022 Readers' Favorite Gold Medalist for Literary Fiction for her debut novel and two-time IAN Book of the year finalist for her debut novel, Everlong. When she isn't agonizing over word choices, she enjoys telling the dog how handsome he is and sitting in on the nightly therapy sessions the cat so generously provides for her. She is a Trigiminal Neuralgia survivor and believes in living your best life day by day.