Meet Our Authors
Welcome to the home of the voices that shape D-Ray Publications. Our authors are more than just writers; they are the architects of happiness, crafting stories that light up the imagination and touch the soul. Each work is a labor of love, designed to inspire, comfort, and celebrate the beauty of life. We are proud to feature these gifted individuals whose dedication to literature brings our mission to life for every reader.
Christi Oates, PMHNP-BC
Psychology/Self-help
Christi is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner living in Hendersonville, NC. She has been caring for children with emotional problems for over 25 years providing services at Miami Children's Hospital in the 1990s and currently working in out-patient practice. She believes that nursing is both a science and an art. Her years of experience working with children in acute crisis as well as children with chronic illness inform her practice while a humanistic, love-based philosophy informs her art. Christi's storybook for children of all ages, "How to Find Happiness' shares a heart warming tale of adventure.
Key Title: 'How to Find Happiness'
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David Ray Catlett, Navy Lieutenant (Ret.)
David Ray Catlett is a Knoxville native. Born in the 1940s, he was raised in a time and era much different from today’s fast-paced technologically advanced world. He credits his early years in the Navy as building his confidence and developing leadership roles which he parlayed into the financial sector. He worked and raised a family and established himself as a mentor and role model in his community. Today he continues to serve his family and community as a good will ambassador and through his uplifting and inspiring poetry. David creates magical worlds where kindness and empathy are celebrated through love and admiration.
Poetry
Key Title: 'You Answered the Call'