Donelle

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Arts
Occupation Writer
Location Washington State, United States
Introduction A native of the Pacific Northwest, I was born in Portland, Oregon, and have lived in Washington State since 1988. I write short stories, poetry, and memoirs. I owe my love of books and the craft of writing to my late father who encouraged reading and following my dreams. In addition to being a wife, mother, and grandmother of five, I earned a B.S. in Arts & Letters from Portland State University. I am a six-time finalist and two-time award winner with Pacific Northwest Writers Association's and Oregon Writers Colony’s writing contests. Through the Tunnel of Love: A Mother’s and Daughter’s Journey with Anorexia was published in 2011. In 2015 my young adult/women’s contemporary novel, Between Heartbeats, Book One of the Heartbeat series, was released. Book Two, Heartbeat Interrupted, will be available fall of 2017. I belong to Oregon Writers Colony, Rivers of Ink, and Write on The River. Website: http://donellemknudsen.weebly.com Twitter @donelleknudsen, Facebook: www.facebook.com/DonelleMKnudsen, Writer's member websites: http://writeontheriver.org/, https://www.riversofink.org, https://pnwa.org http://oregonwriterscolony.org/
Interests Family time, Writing, Reading: nonfiction, mysteries/suspense, Traveling, Hiking, Eating out.
Favorite Movies Jane Austen Book Club, My Fair Lady, Wizard of Oz, South Pacific, Dial M for Murder, Forbidden Planet
Favorite Music Country, Hits from the 60's, Classical, Jazz
Favorite Books Memory Keeper's Daughter, Lone Survivor, Isaac's Storm, The Secret Life of Bees, Gone With the Wind, Childhood books: Nancy Drew, Alice in Wonderland, Winnie-the-Pooh

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