About Emmaline Givens
"Writing can be a lonely
existence. In order to focus, you have to isolate yourself from everything. But
that moment when you make your last edit, you want to share your story with
everyone!" Emmaline Givens
Why do I write? To get the stories out of my head and for others to hopefully enjoy. Grace Discovered is my first novel. I actually started a version of this book about eight years ago, but never managed to get beyond the third chapter. Life got in the way, I guess. Emmaline Givens is the pen name I chose to use as my real name is a tongue twister and almost always misspelled and mispronounced.
I'm originally from the upper mid-west, but my husband and I now call Arizona home. We have three adult children who have all left the nest, but we have four rescue kitties that keep us busy. Too busy! Our youngest kitty, Meera, loves to jump onto my desk and land directly on my keyboard, adding her own flavor to the books, I guess. It makes for fun editing adventure to catch all the random letters.
Grace Discovered is my first published novel, but not the first book I have written. I wrote and self-illustrated my first book more than 25 years ago when our daughter was but 2 years old, and afraid of spiders (that turned out to be little pieces of fuzz on the floor). She doesn't remember the story, but of course, I do.
