Dee Henderson

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Dee Henderson is an 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 Bestseller list.[1]

Personal life[]

Dee 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[]

Henderson 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[]

O’Malley Series

  • 1. Danger In The Shadows: a Prequel To The O'Malleys (1999)
  • 2. The Negotiator (1999)
  • 3. The Guardian (2001)
  • 4. The Truth Seeker (2001)
  • 5. The Protector (2001)
  • 6. The Healer (2002)
  • 7. The Rescuer (2003)
  • 8. Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story 2013)

Uncommon Heroes

  • 1. True Devotion (2000)
  • 2. True Valor (2002)
  • 3. True Honor (2002)
  • 4. True Courage (2004) (Also known as Kidnapped)

Stand Alones

  • 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

  • Traces of Guilt #1 (2016)
  • Threads of Suspicion #2 (2017)

References[]

  1. ^ "Woman authors New York Times Best Seller" Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois), November 20, 2012, p. 13
  2. ^ Interview with Susan Sleeman, accessed 9/30/2018 https://www.susansleeman.com/meet-romantic-suspense-author-dee-henderson/
  3. ^ http://cs.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/files/newsletters/summer01.pdf
  4. ^ Juli Cragg Hilliard, "Dee Henderson: What to Say About God" http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/religion/article/53694-dee-henderson-what-to-say-about-god.html
  5. ^ "Dee Henderson: Back with Full Disclosure". 26 September 2012.
  6. ^ Interview with Susan Sleeman, accessed 9/30/2018 https://www.susansleeman.com/meet-romantic-suspense-author-dee-henderson/
  7. ^ Interview with Susan Sleeman, accessed 9/30/2018 https://www.susansleeman.com/meet-romantic-suspense-author-dee-henderson/
  8. ^ Ann Byle, "For Christian Fiction Editors, It’s Complicated," Publishers Weekly, Feb 07, 2014, https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/religion/article/60969-religion-update-february-2014-for-christian-fiction-editors-it-s-complicated.html
  9. ^ "FL Public Library Adds new romance author," Daily Citizen (Beaver Dam, Wisconsin) 15 Mar 2001, p. 14

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