Deena Bouknight's Writing Life
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Writer/Editor/Teacher |
| Location | Columbia, South Carolina, United States |
| Introduction | I live in the Carolinas and have been a freelance writer for local, regional, national, and international publications for more than 30 years. I have written a children's book, "Our Wintry Day Walk" (Trafford), and contributed to "Portraits of Grace: North Carolina Churches" (Our State Books); "Humor for a Sister's Heart" (Howard); and, "Big Book of Christmas Joy" (Howard) in which I contributed an essay about Benard, who is a boy I "met" from Uganda through snail mail and email coorespondence. My two novels are Broken Shells and Playing Guy. Both are Southern literary genre fiction. |
| Interests | Writing, of course. All kinds: creative, journalism, essays. Reading, listening to good reformed theology, worshiping God, horseback riding, traveling, biking, taking walks along the river. |
| Favorite movies | Out of Africa, Pride and Prejudice, The Notebook, Driving Mrs. Daisy, The Blind Side, Mrs. Palfrey at the Clairmont |
| Favorite music | Hymns, Anything by Keith and Krystin Getty, Vivaldi Four Seasons My son, Justin's, guitar playing |
| Favorite books | The Bible, ALL of Edith Wharton's, Cold Moutain, Walking Across Egypt, Peace Like a River, Same Kind of Different as Me, Hope was Here, Secret Life of Bees, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Hiding Place, By Grace Alone, In Christ Alone, Here I Stand |