Rannah Gray
Rannah Gray Communications
With raw honesty and unparalleled access, Familiar Evil tells the story of one man's international search for a child predator-how perseverance, courage, and the enduring belief in good over evil prove the power of one. Twenty years before this story begins, a hung jury in England allowed Scott Rogers, principal at a performing arts academy, to avoid prison on charges of sexual assault against a young student and quietly slip out of the country. Ethan, a successful businessman, husband, father, and former academy student, always knew the jury got it wrong. He knew his classmate had told the truth, and he knew Rogers would continue to abuse until somebody stopped him.
Rannah Gray is a Louisiana public relations consultant whose career highlights include two of her state’s favorite pastimes—politics and sports. Politics Magazine named her one of the Top 100 Influencers in Louisiana; and she was honored as Marketer of the Year and one of Baton Rouge’s Influential Women in Business by the Baton Rouge Business Report.
She previously served for 13 years as Associate Athletic Director at LSU, managing marketing, promotions, radio, television, and ticket sales for 20 college sports. Prior to that she was Undersecretary to the Louisiana Secretary of State. Rannah currently provides expertise in advertising and public relations to a broad base of clients. She is a graduate of LSU with a B.A. and a Master’s degree in Journalism.
Her first book, Familiar Evil, sent shock waves from Louisiana to London and follows the international search for TV personality that exposed his dark side as a child predator. Familiar Evil has won 13 national and international book awards, including eight Gold Medals for Best True Crime and Best New Nonfiction. It was the subject of the premiere episode of Lies That Bind, a 2019 primetime television series on the Investigation Discovery (ID) Network.
Rannah serves on a committee of experts for the National Center for Child Policy; and was a presenter at the 10th International Congress on Child Abuse held in Coventry, England in 2018. She conducted workshops on how dark side personalities use power, fear and deception to manipulate others at the 2018 Krimes Against Kids Conference held at Walt Disney World and the 2019 National Association of Social Workers Louisiana Conference.
Her second book, Case of the Missing Poodle, a junior mystery based in New Orleans, was written with her 9-year-old twin great nieces. Released in December 2018, it was named Best Chapter book by two national independent publisher awards and received the Silver medal for Best Children’s Mystery at the 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.
Just a few of the remarkable accomplishments in Rannah’s robust career are as follows:
BOOK TALK ON LIES THAT BIND: Mary Jane Marcantel, the paralegal involved in the Familiar Evil case and book, and Baton Rouge Police Captain Don Kelly (ret), who had such a strong negative feeling about Scott Rogers that he warned his Police Chief to stay away from him, joined me for a talk following the premiere of Lies That Bind, a true crime series on the Investigation Discovery Network at premiered with an episode on Familiar Evil.
Library Program: Have spoken throughout the country and in the UK on Familiar Evil, explaining how dark side personalities use power, fear and deception to manipulate people.
Women in Communications: Discussing how a child predator fled the UK, landed in Louisiana and reinvented himself as a popular television personality honored as a Model Foster Parent, Women in Communications learned how so-called “celebrity” spokespersons can damage an organization’s reputation.
BASPCAN – Presented the case study behind Familiar Evil at the 10th International Congress on Child Abuse, sponsored by the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) held in Coventry England in 2018.
LPB THE STATE WE’RE IN: Interviewed on raising awareness on how to prevent child sex abuse.
Rannah Gray
Connect with Rannah:
Rannah Gray Communications
838 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225.381.3036
Email: Rannah@rannahgray.com
LinkedIn: in/rannah-gray-1628954/
