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Imagine having a daughter like Dallas, the parental bragging rights,
and the sheer astonishment of having been the two people who raised this young woman.
This old beat-up world needs young people like her, an original voice
filled with creativity, integrity, and gentle boldness. She is putting a
microphone in the lips of our youth, and she is helping to raise up the voices of her generation in much
needed harmony.
Dallas has signed a contract with a highly regarded New York agency to represent
her first novel, The Identity Theft of Dani Norhall, which was a semi-finalist in the
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.
She is the author of two self-published short story collections. Her first, There's a Huge Pimple on
My Nose, was published when she was in fifth grade. It received a glowing review in the Los
Angeles Times. Her collection, 3 a.m., also received impressive reviews.
Laurie Stolarz, award-winning author of the best-selling
Blue is for Nightmares series, sums Dallas up beautifully, "She is a very gifted writer
whose work celebrates the beauty and humor of everyday life."
Dallas has been a guest on the CBS Early Show, with host Hannah Storm. She is
the youngest author ever featured on the nationally-syndicated PBS book talk show,
Between the Lines. Her short fiction has been published in Cicada and The Hudson
Valley Literary Magazine.
Writing awards include a Gold Medal in The Scholastic Art,
and first place in both the national Byline Magazine Short Story
Contest and Let’s Write Short Fiction Contest.
She has written articles for: The Los
Angeles Times, Ventura County Star, Family Circle, Writer's Digest, The Writer,
CO-ED, Listen, Justine, Encounter, So, You Wanna Be a Writer?, and four issues
of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, including Chicken Soup for the Teenage
Soul IV, and Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul. In addition, she wrote a feature-length play
for her high school production, and is writing a one-act play script
for the USC One-Act Play Festival.
She teaches online writing courses for teens at
http://learning.absynthemuse.com.
She is also coordinator-workshop instructor for the Young Writers Program at
the prestigious Santa Barbara Writers Conference.
In 2000, Dallas established her nonprofit foundation, "Write On!" to encourage youth to discover
the joys of reading and writing. The website features essay contests, book reviews,
helpful writing prompts, author interviews, and pages for young authors to
showcase their writing. She holds an annual Holiday Book Drive and in the past few years
has collected thousands of new books that are donated to underprivileged kids.
To sign up for the free "Write On!" monthly e-newsletter, or to receive information about starting a
"Write On!" chapter in your community, please e-mail Dallas.
Her books are available on her website, and 3 a.m. is available from most booksellers.
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