About Asya

Asya Raines arrived in the United States in 1997, leaving her native Latvia in pursuit of love. As a young Jewish girl growing up in the city of Riga, Raines came from a family of meager means, subject to the maddening practices of a Communist regime. She attended public school in Riga, and graduated from the Latvian Technical University in 1975 with a degree in economics. She has worked at a variety of managerial and support jobs at companies in both Latvia and in the United States. She is mother to a daughter, Anna, and a son, Simon. She currently lives in the United States, with her companion, the Frustrated Writer, nearby. This is her first book.