Traci L. Slatton was born into a Navy family. She grew up in Great Lakes, IL; Norfolk, VA; Olathe, KS; Millington, TN; and Groton, CT. She knew at the age of 6 years old, after reading her first 'big book,' that she wanted to be a novelist. This passionate desire has given her life focus and commitment. She comes from a maternal line of healers and psychics and has always sensed the numinous in all things. Traci lives in Manhattan with her husband sculptor Sabin Howard, three daughters, stepdaughter, and a Westie