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Danielle Thorne freelanced for online and print magazines from 1998 through 2001, adding reviewing and editing to her resume. She has published poetry, short fiction and novels. Danielle is the author of sweet romantic adventure books, both historical and contemporary.

Other work has appeared with Espresso Fiction, Every Day Fiction, Arts and Prose Magazine, Mississippi Crow, The Nantahala Review, StorySouth, Bookideas, The Mid-West Review, and more. She won an Honorable Mention in Writer’s Digest’s 2006 annual writing competition and won the 2008 Awe-Struck Short Novel Contest. In 2009, Danielle won Classic Romance Revival's Work in Progress Contest, which resulted in another contract for her fiction.

Danielle currently writes from south of...more


You probably know it's poetry month. Shel Silverstein always made me laugh.. how about you?

Here's a sample of some of my life's work as collected in Southern Girl, Yankee Roots, a poetry chapbook. Enjoy!

Southern Woman

They called momma a Damn Yankee

because she didn’t know

what to do with bacon fat.

She pulled up half the garden

before she learned the difference between

snapdragons and plain old wee... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on April 15, 2013 09:47 • 3 views • Tags: childhood, danielle-thorne, family, poems, recovery, reflection, religion, southern, yankee
Average rating: 3.99 · 97 ratings · 51 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors
By Heart and Compass
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Josette
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Turtle Soup
4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
The Privateer
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
Death Cheater
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012
Southern Girl, Yankee Roots
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012
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Excerpt: Death Cheater (Literature & Fiction)
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Description: Athena Gray lives vicariously through her sister because people in general avoid her. Whether it's strange things like dead butterflies fluttering to life, or the time she saved her dying grandpa just by willing him to live, Athena knows that she is different. The only person who doesn't seem to think so is Dan, the most popular boy on Omega High School's baseball team. But even Dan can't understand the reason she acts haunted, until a spirit roaming the local historic burial mounds takes an interest in people Athena cares about.
Excerpt: THE PRIVATEER (Romance)
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Excerpt: TURTLE SOUP (Romance)
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Description: Sea turtles may be endangered but after an encounter with marine biologist, Jack Brandon, nothing will stop Sara Hart from naming her deli, Turtle Soup. When Jack takes a job at the nearby Georgia Aquarium, Sara finds the environmental poster boy at her door, hungry and carrying a chip on his shoulder. Neither thinks the other has what it takes, until a scuba class reveals what lies beneath the surface.
Excerpt: BY HEART AND COMPASS (Romance)
1 chapters   —   updated Jul 17, 2010 05:15pm
Description: An excerpt from sweet sea-romance novel, BY HEART AND COMPASS.

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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off.”
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LK Hunsaker Hi Danielle, just added Turtle Soup to my To Read list since it's one I've been planning to get. :-)


Harlequin Historical Hi, I'm very happy to meet you and look forward to discussing books with you. If you ever have any questions about any of the titles on my shelves, please ask away. I'll be happy to answer them. If you are on MySpace you can join me at www.myspace.com/historicals or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HarlequinHistorical I have monthly contests for free books and I try to keep everyone up-to-date with what all the authors are doing.


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Lee Thanks for being my goodreads buddy, Danielle!

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