Tanya Savko was born on February 3, 1971 in Burbank, California. She grew up in L.A. and Orange County and has twice had the bizarre experience of driving during an earthquake. She graduated from high school in 1989 and quickly moved to Ashland, Oregon, where she obtained her BA in English in 1994, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a psychology minor.

Tanya’s writing career began at the age of twelve with the small-scale publication of her novella The Classroom Caper. In high school and college, her poetry published in yearbooks, newspapers, and an anthology. She also wrote an essay about earthquakes, which can be viewed by clicking here.

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 March, 2008 she began her popular blog/web site Teen Autism. Slip, published in April, 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.