Dee Henderson

Dee Henderson is an American author of Christian fiction novels within the inspirational romantic suspense genre; she has won various awards for her writing and been on The New York Times Best Seller list.^[1]

Dee Henderson
Occupation	Author
Nationality	American
Education	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS)
Genre	Christian fiction
Notable awards	RITA Award (2000)
Website
www.deehenderson.com

Personal life

Dee Henderson is a lifelong inhabitant of Illinois, currently residing in Springfield. She is the daughter of a pastor and started writing as a child.^[2] Henderson graduated from the University of Illinois in 1988 with a B.S. in computer science^[3] and worked for a decade as an engineer before starting to publish professionally.^[4] She started writing fiction for publication in 1996.^[5] Henderson is single and enjoys painting, reading, walking around her subdivision, and spending time with her dogs.^[6] She still attends church at her childhood church.^[7] Publishers Weekly described Henderson one of the "bestselling and perennial favorites" published by Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group.^[8]

Awards

Henderson has won or been nominated for various writing awards including: Romance Writers of America's RITA Award, the Christy Award, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Gold Medallion, the Holt Medallion, the National Readers' Choice Award,^[9] and the Golden Quill.

Published works

O'Malley Series

• Danger In The Shadows: a Prequel To The O'Malleys (1999)
• The Negotiator (1999)
• The Guardian (2001)
• The Truth Seeker (2001)
• The Protector (2001)
• The Healer (2002)
• The Rescuer (2003)
• Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story (2013)

Uncommon Heroes

• True Devotion (2000)
• True Valor (2002)
• True Honor (2002)
• True Courage (2004) (Also known as Kidnapped)

Stand alones

• The Marriage Wish (2007)
• God's Gift (1998)
• The Witness (2006)
• Before I Wake (2006)
• Full Disclosure (2012)
• Unspoken (2013)
• Undetected (2014)
• Taken (2015)
• Sins of the Past (2016)
• Kidnapped (2004)

Evie Blackwell Cold Case

• Traces of Guilt #1 (2016)
• Threads of Suspicion #2 (2017)