19 Facts About Raven Oak

Raven Oak is most known for her bestselling epic fantasy, Amaskan's Blood, and her space operas, Class-M Exile and The Eldest Silence.

Raven Oak wrote her first novel, a 320-page fantasy work at age twelve.

Raven Oak is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and is disabled from both a birth defect in the lower spine and an auto-immune disease.

Raven Oak is a pianist and songwriter, whose musical works deal with the survival side of life.

Currently residing in Seattle, Washington, Oak is currently focusing on writing and art full-time.

Raven Oak grew up in many places around the US including California, Michigan, Oklahoma, Florida, and Texas, where she eventually attended Richland College and later the University of North Texas as a music major.

Raven Oak's maternal grandmother was a public school teacher in California and under her tutelage, Oak was reading and writing at age three.

Raven Oak knew "since the age of five" that she "wanted to be a writer," a wish that never changed through the years.

Raven Oak has written stories for as long as she can remember, and before that, she was telling them.

Raven Oak wrote her first novel, "The Cry of the Dragon" at age twelve.

Raven Oak spent middle and high school "devouring all the science fiction and fantasy novels" she could find, and her writing shifted towards the authors who influenced her most: Neil Gaiman and Connie Willis.

Raven Oak was the vice president of her high school's "Writer's Guild," a club for aspiring writers.

Raven Oak is a member of several PNW writing groups.

Raven Oak hinted in a recent interview at a standalone novel featuring the character Ida Warhammer from Amaskan's Blood.

Raven Oak's story "Learning to Fly," was to be published in the It Has Pockets Anthology by Clockwork Dragon but the anthology was cancelled when one of the co-editors died in 2021.

The story began during a Locus Writers' Workshop when Raven Oak was asked to think of an event that impacted her emotionally as a child.

Raven Oak picked a memory of when a new student arrived at her small Texas town middle school.

Raven Oak was named 1st chair in the All-Region Honor Band.

Raven Oak found the University of North Texas music program stiffing as she did not fit into its jazz or opera style.