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Lavaille Lavette often would climb onto the second-story rooftop of her Opelousas-area home at an early age to escape and capture her thoughts as she took an initial step into the world of writing.

Family members, Lavette recalls, would sometimes question those episodes of private refuge, but those moments when she entered into her own fictional reality are something Lavette still cherishes.

“Sometimes I would be up there with my own thoughts, writing, sometimes creating my first poems.

My mom and dad at that time thought I was crazy,” said Lavette, a former educator who has become a best-selling author.

Over the years, Lavette, 54, has marketed her own publishing company, which specializes in children’s books that have been highlighted by the imaginary character Roopster Roux.

Lavette’s latest effort at extending her craft is perhaps one of her most extensive.

A 1984 graduate of Opelousas Catholic