About the author.
Ever wonder who dreams up the rebels, royals, and forbidden love stories?
Here’s your peek behind the curtain. Meet Stevie Rae Diehl—romance author, dog momma, gamer girl, and emotional wreck on a mission to write hard-earned happily ever afters for the broken characters living in her head.
Cosmic heat. Pasts they can’t outrun. Love that rises from the ashes.
Hello, brave souls, and welcome to my dark little corner of the universe. Okay, maybe not so much dark as bathed in pink and strewn with dog toys, half-read paperbacks, and the occasional plot bunny on the run. But don’t tell my characters that. I assure them on the regular that my life is just as traumatic and fraught with peril as theirs. It’s the only way they won’t stage a revolt and heave the dreaded writer’s block in front of the door to Stevie Rae’s Cocktail Lounge, the cool kids’ hangout inside my brain where I try to shove those noisy buggers whenever I don’t have them playing on the page. Emphasis on the “try.” I know I’m not the only one with perma-chatter running through my noggin at all hours of the day and night, regardless of my other obligations and would-be-distractions. Like sleep. Yeah, what’s that again?
But you’re here to find out who I am, not to hear me blather on about the insufferably babbling characters who reside in my brain. Although, soon enough—as long as I don’t scare you off first—you’ll have the pleasure of meeting a few for yourself.
Anyway, here we go! My name’s Stevie Rae Diehl. When I’m not writing stories about broken men with battle scars and the fierce women who love them, I spend my time working as a nurse at my local hospital, wrangling my fur babies (papillon boys named Bacchus and Otter), being a badass gamer girl, watching my favorite true crime YouTubers, or buried in a good book. I’m married to the love of my life, who was just as ridiculously excited as I was to get hitched on Halloween 2015. Yep, that’s the kinda human I am. Picture this: a haunted masquerade. It was killer, but not in the literal sense.
I’ve been putting the stories in my head down on paper since the first grade. I used to spend my summers camped out under a golf umbrella on my driveway with a pitcher of lemonade and a notebook. Yes, this was back in the stone age when every home didn’t have a computer and kids actually “played” outside. My version of play was mildly less active than most—way, way less active—but at least I got fresh air. Seek those silver linings where you can, people.
There’s a small chance you might know me as Evie Drae, the voice behind some spicy male/male romance novels (one of which hit #1 best-seller status on Amazon in four categories, including Gay Erotica and LGBT+ Erotica—yes, I still pinch myself when I think about that). Under that pen name, I won seven Romance Writers of America contests, landed four runner-up placements, a Best of the Best win in the 2018 Golden Opportunity contest, and dual-finalist honors in both the romantic suspense and contemporary romance categories of the 2019 Golden Heart.
After a five-year hiatus from publishing—thanks to a few of life’s inevitable plot twists—I rediscovered my passion by returning to a sci-fi romance universe I’ve been quietly building for over a decade. These days, I’m writing under my real name, diving headfirst into cosmic heat, soul-deep bonds, and love that rises from the ashes. So, buckle up. Things are about to get celestial and steamy.
