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Dee Davis

During her formative years, Dee Davis spent half of her time dreaming of imaginary worlds and the other half of her time telling her friends the stories. Which led to a permanent seat next to various elementary school teachers� desks. When she discovered that her stories could also be committed to paper, it saved a lot of time and basically kept her out of trouble.

Despite life�s ups and downs, basic nature changes very little. And today, Dee still spends quite a bit of time talking, and she has missed more than one exit driving while dreaming up stories. Then one day not too long ago, she decided that just talking about writing a romance was never going to get the job done. So she set out to write a novel.

Her highly acclaimed first novel, Everything In Its Time, was published in July 2000. Since then, she�s won the Booksellers Best, Golden Leaf, Texas Gold and Prism awards, and she�s been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award, the Holt, two RT Reviewers Choice Awards, and an RT Career Achievment Award. To date, she has sold fifteen books and three novellas, including The Last Chance Trilogy, Eye of the Storm and A Match Made on Madison.

Right now, the time Dee doesn�t spend at the computer is spent with her husband, daughter, cat, and cardigan welsh corgi. They are all really good at listening to stories. (Well, not so much the dog!)


You can visit Dee at www.DeeDavis.com

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I, on the other hand, wrote something like fourteen drafts of a prologue and still was doubtful that I had nailed it. I understand the concept of POV and still find that my hero carries a hand mirror in his hip pocket so that he can admire his face, muscles and luxurious hair. I find that my characters often run away with the story, despite my best intentions. And if certain contest judges are to be believed, I shouldn't quit my day job.

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