Born and raised in a small mid-western town, Jaclyn Lanae found a love for books and the written word very early in life. She's been crafting stories ever since, creating dynamic characters with complicated backstories and setting them loose in her imagination delighted to watch them live. She now considers the motorcycle accident that briefly took her life in 2006 among the greatest gifts she's ever been given, and is honored to offer her readers her first memoir; The Me I Was, detailing her experience, her recovery, and her newly discovered perspective.