Violet Renee has been writing since her teenage years with her first published work being a featured letter to the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer denouncing apartheid in South Africa while still in high school. Robert Lockwood, Jr., 2008 Grammy Award winner and legendary blues guitarist and singer was her amazing stepdad. Her novel, Love, Laughter and Lies took nine years to write and has been featured at the Cuyahoga county library author showcase, Cleveland State University, Sam Sylk of WZAK 93.1 FM Relationship Hour and various events in the Cleveland area.