Lena Rai is an aspiring Native American novelist who loves to write poetry in her spare time as the inspiration hits her. She graduated high school in a small town just south of the Mackinaw Bridge with accomplishments such as the Literary Magazine, School Newspaper, Yearbook, and Choir in her experiences. During this time, she also got published in The International Library of Poetry with "Anonymous Thoughts" and succeeded with further offers afterward such as her award winning essay "The Accomplishments of Gerald R. Ford as President of the United States" for the Gerald R. Ford renaming ceremony in Grand Rapids, MI where she won a cash prize and a spot in the MINACT INC. News of Fall 2004 with U.S. Representative Vernon Ehlers and Ford's brother Richard Ford.

Her latest accomplishment is a published book by the name of "Voices Silently Speak" published by Publish America where she begins to reveal many struggles she's encountered in her life as well as attempt to take you through her emotions poem by poem.

Running a myspace site to promote it at http://www.myspace.com/lenarai, Lena is working on her most interesting project yet involving deeper more raw poetry! The poetry book is titled, "Whispering a Lady's Secret" and opens many more doors to the heart and soul of this passionate Native American young lady from The Little Traverse Bay Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and may just introduce the freedom and art of poetry to the world again.

She was nominated for "Best Poem of Year 2005" for "Velvet Rose" on www.musesreview.org which recieved a five star review to be published in April. Recieved a 5 coffee cup review at www.coffeetimeromance.com for her collection of poems, "Voices Silently Speak" published in February of 2005. Currently looking for a publicist to highlight her passion for her work and spread the news about her reason for writing...