{"id":87,"date":"2011-07-15T17:24:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T23:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnamcgold.com\/blog\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:30:38","slug":"bio-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/donnamcgold.com\/blog\/bio-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donna McGoldrick has always enjoyed reading mysteries and romantic suspense books. She decided to write her own stories and finished a romantic suspense titled <em>Deadline.<\/em> After entering the manuscript in numerous writing contests sponsored by RWA chapters, it won first place in the Dual on the Delta contest and was third place in the Great Expectation contest. She is an active member of several writing organizations such as Sister\u2019s in Crime, Guppies, Dallas Area Romance Authors, and Romance Writers of America. She writes mainly in the mystery and suspense genre with a little romance thrown in.<\/p>\n<p>She was awarded a certificate for completing The Novel Writing Workshop sponsored by Writer\u2019s Digest School. In addition to taking writing workshops, she completed the Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill University. She has an Associate Degree in Science\/Computer Programming from McLennan Community College, and a BA in English\/Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University.<\/p>\n<p>Donna lives in Texas with her family. She enjoys playing tennis and watching her grand-kids play a variety of sports.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/donnamcgoldrickwriter\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"FaceBook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline;width:48px;height:48px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/donnamcgold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/wheel\/96x96\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dsmcgold1\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline;width:48px;height:48px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/donnamcgold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/wheel\/96x96\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/donna-mcgoldrick-9604235\/\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"LinkedIn\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline;width:48px;height:48px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/donnamcgold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/wheel\/96x96\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-instagram nolightbox\" data-provider=\"instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/donnamcgoldrick2\/\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"instagram\" title=\"Instagram\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline;width:48px;height:48px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/donnamcgold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/wheel\/96x96\/instagram.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donna McGoldrick has always enjoyed reading mysteries and romantic suspense books. 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