Thrift Me Deadly (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781479162581)

Wendy Dager is a professional freelance writer who pens a biweekly column for the opinion pages of The Ventura County Star and writes feature stories and advertorials for its special sections department. She has written articles and essays for numerous other publications as well as informational articles, public relations features and press releases for company newsletters and websites. Wendy's quirky one-liners have appeared on greeting cards, button slogans, magnets and key chains in retail stores nationwide. She has sold copy to numerous social expression companies. Her article "Creating Greeting Cards" appeared in The Writer magazine and as a chapter in two editions of The Writer's Handbook. Her flash animation scripts and song parodies have appeared online as video shorts. She has co-written educational children's video scripts, including the Telly award-winning "Lumberjacks," part of the popular series Hard Hat Harry's Real Life Adventures. Wendy's novel I MURDERED THE PTA received an Honorable Mention in the 2006 Writer's Network Screenwriting & Fiction Competition. I MURDERED THE PTA was also a Top Five Finalist out of nine hundred entries in Court TV's 2006 Search for the Next Great Crime Writer. I MURDERED THE PTA was published by Zumaya Enigma in 2011. The second book in the series, I MURDERED THE SPELLING BEE, was released May 2012. Wendy's novella, the black-comedy thriller THRIFT ME DEADLY was a top three finalist in the 2009 Fabri Literary Prize contest. She has also won awards for her humorous haiku, poems and essays. Wendy, a native Southern Californian, was named one of America's Most Unique Characters by USA Network in its "Show Us Your Character" contest. For more about Wendy, visit her website, www.wendydager.com.