Raj Lowenstein lives with her husband, dogs, and cats. Their three children and three grandchildren live in Colorado and Texas. She has a bachelor’s in American sign language interpreting with a minor in Jewish studies from University of Houston. She started writing Through the Fire in 2004 while attending Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, for a semester. Even though she has had poems published in literary magazines, it took her only forty-something years to decide that it was OK to actually get a book published. This is her first of many books; she has goals! She hopes you enjoy Through the Fire and will look forward to her other books as they appear.