Terri Hoover Dunham

Website:  www.terrisbooks.com

TERRI HOOVER DUNHAM is the author of The Legend of Papa Noel: A Cajun Christmas Story, newly released by Sleeping Bear Press.  She has also published articles, essays, book reviews and poetry in many local and national magazines and newspapers, including The Louisiana Review, Louisiana Literature, 2005 Jubilee Anthology, 2006 Jubilee Anthology (Nicholls University anthology), St. Anthony's Messenger, Victoria, Backwood Homes, The Annals of St. Anne De Beaupré, Whispering Wind, The Baton Rouge Record, Grit, and Cappers.  Ms. Dunham has also written book reviews for the Baton Rouge newspaper, The Advocate, for the past fifteen years.  Terri is a wife and the mother of two sons and has worked as a substitute teacher, secretary, receptionist, title clerk, cashier, office manager, orthodontist assistant, hostess in a seafood restaurant, assistant to a college professor, jewelry party planner, Avon lady, baby sitter and most recently as an assistant at "Potteryworks."  In addition to writing, Terri is pursuing a degree in Liberal Arts and enjoys gardening, drawing, making jewelry and of course reading.