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Jaye Roycraft, wasn’t sure what she wanted
to be when she grew up. A teacher? Not for
long. A salesclerk? Not again! A computer
systems analyst? Better! But that career, as
good as it was, was a victim of a mid-life
crisis. The answer? Start two new careers
after the age of forty.
Jaye became a big-city police officer at forty-
one, shocking friends and family. But as
challenging as that job was, something was
missing in her life.
Throughout her various careers, one thing
remained a constant - Jaye’s love of books.
Classics, mysteries, non-fiction- all had their
time. Two genres stood out, though, science
fiction and romance. When Jaye started her
writing career, it seemed natural to combine
her two favorites and write a futuristic
romance. The result was Rainscape, her
debut novel. Her contemporary vampire
romance series, Double Image,
Afterimage, Shadow Image, and Immortal
Image, followed. Jaye is also the author of a
romantic suspense, Aces, and her new
vampire Hell series is currently out for
submission.
So far, most of Jaye’s novels have cops or ex-cops as heroes or heroines.
Jaye worked as a police officer for the Milwaukee Police Department from
1993 to 2001 in a variety of assignments, including patrol officer, wagon
driver, jail matron, and with the Street Crimes Unit. With Street Crimes, Jaye
did everything from working event security to assisting the Tactical
Enforcement Unit with drug raids and tactical setups.
Jaye has presented workshops, been a contest judge, and was a panelist at
Dragon*Con in 2003. She continues to present online workshops, and has a
new police procedural workshop scheduled with the KOD (Kiss of Death)
chapter of RWA for May of 2007.
Jaye still lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but now works in the slightly less
dangerous field of commercial insurance.