Wendy Dager

Wendy Dager is a professional freelance writer. She's written newspaper and magazine articles, corporate promos, social expression copy and more.

Wendy's nonfiction book PAIN IN THE PURSE: THE TAX THAT CHANGED HANDBAG HISTORY is an in-depth exploration of the 20 percent "forgotten" US excise "luxury" handbag tax, which lasted twenty years and affected fashion, feminism, politics, journalism and industry. BONUS PHOTOS AND INFO: paininthepurse.blogspot.com.

Wendy's novel I MURDERED THE PTA received an honorable mention in the 2006 Writer's Network Screenwriting & Fiction Competition and was a top five finalist out of nine hundred entries in Court TV's 2006/2007 "Search for the Next Great Crime Writer" contest. I MURDERED THE PTA was published by Zumaya Enigma in 2011. The second book in the series of Daphne Lee-Lee Misadventures, I MURDERED THE SPELLING BEE, was released May 2012.

Wendy's novella, the comedic thriller THRIFT ME DEADLY, was a top three finalist in the 2009 Fabri Literary Prize contest. She has also won awards for her humorous short stories, poems and essays.

A native Southern Californian, Wendy Dager was named one of America's Most Unique Characters by USA Network in its "Show Us Your Character" competition. A longtime vintage fashion aficionado, Wendy is curator of The Vintage Purse Museum in Tucson, Arizona, and writes handbag history articles for its website, vintagepursemuseum.com. For more about Wendy, visit wendydager.com.