Child Finder (Denfeld) - Author Bio

Author Bio
Rene Denfeld is a bestselling author, journalist, and licensed investigator. Her debut novel, The Enchanted won numerous honors, including the prestigious French Prix, an ALA Medal for Excellence in Fiction, a Carnegie listing, listing for the International Dublin Literary Award, Book of the Year for the Oregonian, and a finalist for the Center for Fiction Flaherty-Dunnan prize. She has written for the New York Times, Oregonian, and Philadelphia Inquirer.

Rene has been a foster child for twenty years. She was awarded the Break The Silence Award at the 24th Annual Knock Out Abuse Gala in Washington, DC, in recognition for her advocacy and social justice work. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her three children, all adopted from foster care. (Adapted from the pubisher .)