OFFICIALLY HALEE is the pen name of Halee Marie, a 15-year-old author from Acadiana. By age 14, Halee published seven book titles, including two chapter books, and started a growing literacy movement under her youth focused organization, Reward-A-Youth (RAY). As someone who lives with a severe peanut and tree-nut allergy, Halee is a passionate advocate for the food allergy community, writing the Allergy Aubree Adventures Series to introduce food allergies to youth in an entertaining manner. As a lifelong lover of literature, she was shocked in sixth grade to learn about the American Literacy Crisis. After writing a research essay on the subject, Halee knew her journey as an author was meant to encourage an interest in reading in youth.Visit www.officiallyhalee.com to read, join and engage with Halee's mission as a teen author and philanthropist.
