About the author

Dee Gibbens

<p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</p> <p><strong>Born in New Orleans in 1947</strong>,&nbsp;adopted at three months of age, and raised in a small rural community in northeast Louisiana, this &ldquo;Daddy&rsquo;s Girl&rdquo; will proudly tell you that she was a <em>&ldquo;chosen&rdquo;</em> baby.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Louisiana French (<em>Acadian</em>) by birth,&nbsp;Dee is&nbsp;a country girl at heart. At the age of six, she&nbsp;got her first pony and rode horses all through her high school years.</p> <p>Now in the Seventh Decade of her life, Dee is realizing her dream:&nbsp; her first published book, <em>For Better</em> <em>Or For Worse</em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><em>&ldquo;Writing has provided both emotional and creative outlets for me for as long as I can remember.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&rsquo;s my way of venting when I&rsquo;m sad or angry&hellip;or ecstatically happy.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s fun to create word pictures of a fantasy world, the people who occupy it, and then breathe life into them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It&rsquo;s addictive!&rdquo;</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dee Gibbens</em></strong></p> <p></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p><br /> &nbsp;</p>