Deena C. Bouknight, who resides in the Carolinas, is a career writer, having contributed for 30-plus years to local, regional, national, and international publications. She has written three Southern literary fiction novels, Broken Shells, Playing Guy, and Light Fracture, just released in spring 2021 and a historical fiction account of the 1886 Charleston earthquake. She has also contributed to Portraits of Grace: North Carolina Churches (Our State Books); Humor for a Sister's Heart (Howard); and, Big Book of Christmas Joy (Howard). Email Deena at dknight865@gmail.com.