Tanya Savko

Tanya Savko grew up in L.A. and Orange County and has twice had the bizarre experience of driving during an earthquake. Upon finishing high school she quickly moved to Ashland, Oregon, where she attended Southern Oregon University and obtained her B.A. in English.

Tanya's writing career began at the age of four with the announcement that she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. She wasted no time and self-published her first book a year later. At age twelve, the small-scale publication of her novella The Classroom Caper brought local acclaim. In high school and college, her poetry was published in yearbooks, newspapers, and an anthology. She also wrote an essay about earthquakes, which can be viewed at tanyasavko.com.

In 1997, her three-year-old son was diagnosed with autism. This influenced her to write an article to promote autism awareness, which was published by two regional parenting magazines. In 2008, she began her award-winning blog/website TeenAutism.com. Slip, published in 2010, is her first novel.

Tanya resides in southern Oregon with her two sons. She has not felt an earthquake since 1993. Yes, it was in Oregon. She was not driving that time.