Dee Henderson is an American author of Christian fiction novels within the inspirational romantic suspense genre; she has won various awards for her writing and been on The New York Times Best Seller list.[1]
Dee Henderson | |
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Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS) |
Genre | Christian fiction |
Notable awards | RITA Award (2000) |
Website | |
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Personal life
editDee Henderson is a lifelong inhabitant of Illinois, currently residing in Springfield. She is the daughter of a pastor and started writing as a child.[2] Henderson graduated from the University of Illinois in 1988 with a B.S. in computer science[3] and worked for a decade as an engineer before starting to publish professionally.[4] She started writing fiction for publication in 1996.[5] Henderson is single and enjoys painting, reading, walking around her subdivision, and spending time with her dogs.[6] She still attends church at her childhood church.[7] Publishers Weekly described Henderson one of the "bestselling and perennial favorites" published by Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group.[8]
Awards
editHenderson has won or been nominated for various writing awards including: Romance Writers of America's RITA Award, the Christy Award, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Gold Medallion, the Holt Medallion, the National Readers' Choice Award,[9] and the Golden Quill.
Published works
editO'Malley Series
edit- Danger In The Shadows: a Prequel To The O'Malleys (1999)
- The Negotiator (1999)
- The Guardian (2001)
- The Truth Seeker (2001)
- The Protector (2001)
- The Healer (2002)
- The Rescuer (2003)
- Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story 2013)
- The witness (2006)
Uncommon Heroes
edit- True Devotion (2000)
- True Valor (2002)
- True Honor (2002)
- True Courage (2004) (Also known as Kidnapped)
Stand alones
edit- The Marriage Wish (2007)
- God's Gift (1998)
- The Witness (2006)
- Before I Wake (2006)
- Full Disclosure (2012)
- Unspoken (2013)
- Undetected (2014)
- Taken (2015)
- Sins of the Past (2016)
- Kidnapped (2004)
Evie Blackwell Cold Case
edit- Traces of Guilt #1 (2016)
- Threads of Suspicion #2 (2017)
References
edit- ^ "Woman authors New York Times Best Seller" Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois), November 20, 2012, p. 13
- ^ Interview with Susan Sleeman, accessed 9/30/2018 https://www.susansleeman.com/meet-romantic-suspense-author-dee-henderson/
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Hilliard |, Juli Cragg. "Dee Henderson: What to Say About God". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Dee Henderson: Back with Full Disclosure". 26 September 2012.
- ^ Interview with Susan Sleeman, accessed 9/30/2018 https://www.susansleeman.com/meet-romantic-suspense-author-dee-henderson/
- ^ Interview with Susan Sleeman, accessed 9/30/2018 https://www.susansleeman.com/meet-romantic-suspense-author-dee-henderson/
- ^ "For Christian Fiction Editors, It's Complicated". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "FL Public Library Adds new romance author," Daily Citizen (Beaver Dam, Wisconsin) 15 Mar 2001, p. 14
External links
edit- Official website
- http://www.deehenderson.com/, https://web.archive.org/web/20150609002824/http://www.likesbooks.com/deehenderson.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140405212921/http://likesbooks.com/wb30.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071214160251/http://www.theromancereadersconnection.com/aotm/authorofthemonthhenderson.html