About Rayne E. Golay, author of The Wooden Chair
Some people are lucky to spend their whole life in
the village or town or country where they were born. They’re surrounded by
relatives and friends they’ve known since childhood. These people have deep
roots. I believe they are very rich. My life has been made of a different cloth
with hues of the rainbow. It’s been about change and adaptation.
I was born in Helsinki, Finland during the
Finno-Russian winter war. When I was very small, my mother used to read to me.
She helped me form words. As she was done reading “A Thousand and One Nights” my passion for
literature was born. From then on, I read everything with the printed word:
matchboxes, newspapers, pamphlet and books, of course. I was no more than six
years old when my father obtained a library card for me. Believe me, that was
one of the happiest days of my childhood. To this day, I read at least three
books a week. In school, I always had high grades in composition, and wanted to
be a journalist, but my parents had other plans. I complied, obtained a Masters
degree in psychology, and was later certified as addictions counselor in
England after studies in the United States.
Skilled in languages, from the age of fifteen I
translated dialogues in Hollywood movies from English into Finnish and Swedish.
This, my first paying job, came through my father, who was the Nordic managing
director 20th Century Fox.
After graduation, I married, had two children in
rapid succession. My then husband was transferred to Geneva, Switzerland, so
that’s where we moved with our two wonderful children.
In Geneva, I worked in a multinational company,
DuPont de Nemours International, as an addictions counselor with
responsibilities for all of the company’s European subsidiaries. During this
time, I wrote two non-fiction books: one about alcoholism, another about
dysfunction in the workplace. I also wrote the script to “Something of The
Danger That Exists,” a 50 minute film, used within the company as part of an
educational program, which I facilitated. In my function, I was a frequent
speaker on chemical dependence at conferences and to business groups. As I
oversaw company subsidiaries and plant sites throughout Europe and the then East
Block countries, I’m fortunate to have traveled extensively. Through my work
with addicts and alcoholics I encountered some adult victims of child abuse and
neglect, which inspired my award winning novel THE WOODEN CHAIR.
As an avid reader, I’ve read most American, French
and Russian classics, modern literature and poetry. It may seem that my books
are autobiographical, particularly THE WOODEN CHAIR, but that’s not so. I
believe in writing about what I know, so my life has parallels in Leini’s
story.
My whole life I’ve longed for the sun and warmth.
When opportunity presented itself, I took up residence in Florida. I live here
with my partner, my best friend, my third husband.
The award winning novel THE WOODEN CHAIR is my
second book. At present, I’m editing my third story.
“The Wooden Chair” is available at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com www.store.untreedreads.com
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Wishing you huge success with all your books!
-Lani
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