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Babette de Jongh lives just outside Houston, Texas, with her extremely tolerant husband, three regular kids and a zoo-worthy assortment of pets.  Carmen is her favorite dog, but please, don't tell the others.  

Babette has completed three manuscripts which have won numerous awards.  Currently, she is writing first draft of a new work-in-progress, conducting a systematic search for the perfect agent, and steadfastly ignoring any new story ideas that come knocking.  Okay, that last part's a lie.  She's writing two new things, revising an old manuscript, and taking notes about more stories to tell in the future.  Linear progression is apparently not an option.

Contest judges have described her work as "subtle and effective… poignant… tense and full of emotion...TERRIFIC… Lots of action and suspense...Very intriguing...Definitely a great read.” 

 Babette is a member of the West Houston chapter of Romance Writers of America, and Alabama's Southern Magic RWA chapter, as well as RWA's Kiss of Death chapter.  She's a regular contributor to Birmingham's Southern Magic newsletter, and her articles have been picked up by more than twenty RWA chapter newsletters.

Her philosophy about fiction writing is to follow your instincts, tell the truth, and never, never, never stop learning the craft.

 

To view writing credits, read comments from RWA contest judges, or read an excerpt, click here.

To read one of Babette's newsletter articles, click here.

To read the acknowledgments page, click here.

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Writing credits and contest feedback

Excerpt from SILVER PLATTER

Excerpt from GUARDING JULIA

Excerpt from SINS OF THE PAST

With gratitude...Acknowledgments

Articles

 

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Note: this website is a work-in-progress.  Visit often to keep track of how much Babette is learning about website design.

 

 
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Last modified: August 02, 2004