Dallas Nicole Woodburn

Creative Artists Commnity

E-Mail: dallaswoodburn@aol.com

Website: http://www.zest.net/writeon

Blog: http://dallaswoodburn.blogspot.com

Imagine having a daughter like this girl, the parental bragging rights, and the sheer astonishment of having been the two people who raised this person. This old beat-up world needs young people like Woodburn, an original voice filled with creativity, integrity, and gentle boldness. This young adult is putting a microphone in the face of our youth, raising up the voices of her generation in much needed harmony.

Woodburn recently 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. Before you smile at how sweet that is let me tell you the book 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 Woodburn up beautifully, "She is a very gifted writer whose work celebrates the beauty and humor of everyday life."

Woodburn 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.

In her spare time 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, Woodburn 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 she donates to underprivileged kids.

To sign up for her free "Write On!" monthly e-newsletter, or to receive information about starting a "Write On!" chapter in your community, please e-mail her.

Her books are available on her website, and 3 a.m. is available at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.barnesandnoble.com.

Services: Available for critiquing and proofreading, and when time allows, available for project collaborations.


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