Violet Tempest was born in Charleston, SC, and raised 30 miles away in Summerville, SC surrounded by the unique haunting beauty of the Lowcountry.

She grew up surrounded by old magnolia and live oak trees of the area, historic plantations, mysterious swamps found throughout the area, and the beautiful southern architecture throughout Charleston. All served as the perfect atmosphere for young Violet’s imagination to take off and soar.

Her family spent many Saturdays touring the area due to her mother’s deep love of history. It’s because of those adventures and her mother’s talent for helping history come alive for her youngest daughter by stirring her imagination with tales full of pirates, plantation owners, political ambitions, and military adventures, along with the horror-filled tales of murder, slavery, theft, sickness, and tragedy after tragedy that resulted in an area full of ghosts and haints.

Over the years Violet began to write, first entries in a journal, then short stories, and now novels. The characters of those stories found a good listener in their friend Violet who still pens their tales as they dictate them.

Stories she hopes will keep you turning page after page.

Violet Tempest is an author of Gothic Horror and Dark Urban Fantasy.
Born in Charleston, SC (1970), and raised 30 miles away in Summerville, SC, Violet fell in love with the Lowcountry. She’s still surrounded by the haunting beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry with her husband of 31 years, their daughter, and three fur babies: an aging female basset-rat terrier canine, a sassy five-year-old Holland Lop female bunny, and a sweet 2-year-old Rex & Dutch mix male bun.

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