Danielle Thorne freelanced for online and print magazines from 1998 through 2001, adding reviewing and editing to her resume. She is the author of two 2009 novels: THE PRIVATEER, a 1729 historical about British privateering in the Caribbean, and TURTLE SOUP, a sweet contemporary romance set between Atlanta and St. Thomas. A British Regency, JOSETTE, is currently in the submissions process.

Other work has appeared with Espresso Fiction, Every Day Fiction, Arts and Prose Magazine, Mississippi Crow, The Nantahala Review, StorySouth, Bookideas, The Mid-West Review, and more. She won an Honorable Mention in Writer’s Digest’s 2006 annual writing competition, and won the 2008 Awe-Struck Short Novel Contest. Both 2009 novels are published through Awe-Struck Publishing, an imprint of Mundania Press, Inc.

Danielle currently writes from south of Atlanta, Georgia. She is the 2009-2010 Co-Chair for the New Voices Competition for young writers, active with online author groups such as Classic Romance Revival, and moderates for The Sweetest Romance Authors at the Coffee Time Romance boards. She lives with four sons and her husband, who is an air traffic controller. Together they enjoy travel and the outdoors, Marching Band competition, and BSA Scouting.

Visit her blog: www.thebalancedwriter.blogspot.com

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Presenting for Best Historical and Western

I had great fun at the 2009 Epicon Conference in Las Vegas this March. The workshops were wonderful. Everyone was friendly and the spring desert was beautiful. I made it to all of my classes but one; and enjoyed a lovely drive out to the Hoover Dam and surrounding National Park. At the Saturday night banquet, the 2009 Eppie winners were announced, and thanks to Dan Reitz from Mundania Press, I was able to participate by presenting for Best Historical and Western. What a great group of writers and authors. I can't wait until next year.