ShaVontay Lynn was born and raised in Compton, CA and currently resides in Phoenix, AZ where she is raising her two daughters. She is the founder of S Lynn Publishing, LLC. She gai...view moreShaVontay Lynn was born and raised in Compton, CA and currently resides in Phoenix, AZ where she is raising her two daughters. She is the founder of S Lynn Publishing, LLC. She gained a passion for writing at young age and was always filling up the pages of spiral notebooks, passing them around friends and family to read. Deadly Encounters is her first novel and she plans to release her second novel Ratchiva'z soon.She hopes to inspire the people of community where she grew up and the surrounding communities to work hard for what they believe in and never settle for less than. ShaVontay Lynn was inspired to enter the publishing world by family.The first time she had something published was her sophomore year in high school. She had to create and submit a short Greek myth to the Scholastic website as a homework assignment. Among those submitted, her myth entitled “Different Colors” was one of the ones chosen to appear on the site.Growing up around gangs, drugs, and violence has inspired her to tell the stories of those growing up in a struggling society.view less