D.L. Stalnaker

Deanna L Stalnaker (1947- ) I was born Deanna Lea Kilmer in Olean, NY. After graduating high school, I joined the Air Force a year later and served until 1970 during the Viet Nam war. After my discharge I went to college and earned degrees in Advertising Design, Biology, and finally Nursing a little later down the road. Since 1988 until November of 2012 I was a registered nurse, living just outside of Winston-Salem, NC. All of my life I longed to be a writer. We had writers in the Kilmer family, including my father and I must have inherited the love of the written word from them. My first attempt is my current book: Jobella, A Story of Loss and Redemption. It reflects my spiritual nature as well as hints from my interpersonal relationships and a dash of my nursing expertise. Future books in this series will expound on the lives of her friends and the trials that they will face. I also plan in the future to write devotional books and children's books.