Biography of Deona Lindholm
Real name: Deona Marie Lindholm
Pen name: Deona Lindholm
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Divorced
Age: 30
Country: USA
Occupation: Free-lance Writer
Been a Knight Rider fan for: 11 years
How long I have been writing fanfiction: 10 years
Hobbies: PS2 games, books, music
Current projects/most recent works: "Angel Amulet" for Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors,
"Knight of the Children", "Truly a Mistake" with Storm Dracona, "Race
Against Time" and "The Things I Do" for Knight Rider.
Involvement with the Knight Foundation: Personnel Director, DJ
for Knight Radio program "The
Ficdom".
History:
Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Deona was born Deona Broyles, and her life
has been anything but simple and boring. When she was 3 1/2, she
was diagnosed with Autism, and the city had, at the time, absolutely no
services for children with this condition. When she was 4, she
moved from Nevada to California with her parents. Also at that
time, growing up with Autism in mainstream schools was not exactly
commonplace, either. When she turned 15 and was just starting
high school, she moved from California to Missouri, living there
collectively for 12 years.
She really got her start in writing when she wrote a poem for her
English class assignment. The poem was called "Lady of White
Mist", about snow and winter. After then, she wrote a couple of
stories that never went past her house. At one time, though,
another poem of hers, "I Hear the Bagpipes Playing", was on display at
a museum in Columbia, Missouri. She graduated High School in 1994.
A year later, she began writing and posting fanfiction, first doing it
from a computer lab in Truman State University, starting with a small
fanfic for Final Fantasy III, called "Airships and Wedding
Bells". Due to writer's block that never went away, the story was
discontinued in a few months.
In that same year, she met a man on a MUD, named Jock Lindholm and she
fell in love with him. Within the year, things happened,
including the two of them marrying. A year later, though, they
divorced for personal reasons. By her own preference, she
kept her married name.
Since then, she has been very involved in numerous things, including
publishing, founding with two others a Community Forum on Univision for
Julio Iglesias and a writing number of fanfictions. She is also a
civil rights activist for people with disabilities and represents both
the Emerald Center and her county on a state-wide self-advocacy council.
She currently lives on the East Coast with family.
Click here to read her sample work, "Shooting Stars".
One suggestion: You might want to read "Marissa" before you
do. To do that, go to the Table of Contents
in the Celestial
Library.
If you wish to contact Deona, e-mail her here.
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