About me
Growing up under the hot Kansas sun, Deanna Keller spent many hours sitting under the apricot tree with her nose either in a book or writing in her scruffy notebooks, carefully composing stereotypically bad teenage poetry with a number two pencil. Exploring writing as an adult, she found her voice blogging about her observations and musings surrounding life using a ghost name, which she has done for the past five years. Creative Writing classes at school opened her eyes to the idea of short stories for young adults and ignited new writing passion. Many, based on the stories of her parent’s poor childhood growing up in the Ozarks of Arkansas in the late 40s early 50s. As student at The College of St. Scholastica pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in English, she will continue on to a Master’s in teaching and a certification in online education in order to teach at the High School or community college level. She plans to pass along the love of writing to future students and assist young writers in finding their own writing voice. Deanna’s motto is, “Never let anyone prevent you from reaching for your dreams. The only failure is in not trying.”