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-Frolicking-
Aside from writing, Denise also dabbles in amateur photography, screwing with her website, supporting human rights & exploring the planet.
-Living-
Growing up in a rustic mining town sparked a lifelong quest for adventure. She was lucky enough to do two study-abroad stints at the University of Picardie in Amiens, France, where she toured châteaus, sampled wonderfully robust cheese, and was invited over for a cassoulet de boef by two very nice French ladies. Denise also lived in the Czech Republic for a while where she taught English, spent too much time at Internet cafés, developed a freaky addiction to Nescafé and marveled at the various cuts of pork in the market.
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-Learning-
Denise has degrees in French and English Literature from the University of Colorado, where she graduated with honors. She has teaching certification from Trinity College of London and is a certified coach. Denise worked briefly as an officer with the IRS and as a badge-toting investigator. Eventually, she learned this was not the ideal career path for a creative person.
-Writing-
Denise is a writer, traveler, teacher and sporadic existentialist. She writes creative nonfiction, exploring everything from the comically absurd to the harrowing-yet-hopeful. One of her short memoirs won the Writers Studio Award for Creative Nonfiction in 2008. Her work has also appeared in The Sun Magazine, Skirt Magazine , Progenitor, GWN and elsewhere. She recently finished a memoir (Playing with Matches) and is currently working on other projects.
