Hello! My name is
Theresa Jenner Garrido
Born and raised in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, I earned a B.A. from the University of Washington and spent over twenty years teaching language arts and social studies to middle grades before retiring early to devote more time and energy to my passion: writing. Even though I have made up stories since early childhood--with the help of my cousin and best pal, Barbara--it wasn't until 2002 that I entertained the idea of being published. After an intense five years of queries, submissions and rejections, L&L Dreamspell, a small press in Texas, accepted my work. The rest is history. Since 2008, I have eight novels in print, with three to be released in 2012 and 2013.
I have made my home in Missouri, Georgia, and North Carolina but currently reside in South Carolina. When I'm not at my computer, I enjoy traveling and poking my nose into strange and mysterious places. I have discovered unspeakable wonders in forty-two of our awesome fifty states--from the coast of California, the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, the tall prairie grasses of the Midwest, to the swamps of the deep South. I love every corner of these United States and plan to visit all fifty.
A quiet beach town, south of Charleston snagged my attention years ago and still beguils me with its Spanish moss and Live oaks. But I must confess, my favorite place to dream is in the northwest corner of my own Washington State, where ancient, massive trees, omnipresent drizzling rain, and the numerous scents and sounds of growing things stir my soul. I make a pilgrimage "home" as often as I can.
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