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After a short career in elementary education, Deeanne Gist retired to raise her four children. Over the course of the next fifteen years, she ran a home accessory and antique business, became a member of the press, wrote freelance journalism for national publications such as People, Parents, Parenting, Family Fun, Houston Chronicle and Orlando Sentinel, and acted as CFO for her husband’s small engineering firm--all from the comforts of home.  Squeezed betwixt-and-between all this, she read romance novels by the truckload and even wrote a couple of her own. While those unpublished manuscripts rested on the shelf, she founded a publishing corporation for the purpose of developing, producing and marketing products that would reinforce family values, teach children responsibility and provide character building activities.
After a few short months of running her publishing company, Gist quickly discovered being a "corporate executive" was not where her gifts and talents lie. Ignoring her creative yearnings, she wrestled with manufacturing, distributing, marketing, invoicing, collecting, warehousing, pick-pack-and-shipping, etc. In answer to Gist’s fervent prayers, God sent a mainstream publisher to her door who licensed her parenting I Did It!® product line and committed to publish the next generation of her system, thus freeing Gist to return to her writing. Eight months later, she submitted A Bride Most Begrudging to Bethany House Publishers and they picked it up for their new "edgy inspirational" line of historical fiction. After its release in July 2005, Bride hit eight best seller lists and has sold over 100,000 copies and won the Christy Award for BEST ROMANCE 2006. The Measure of a Lady was her 2006 summer release. It hit five best seller lists and won the Christy Award for BEST ROMANCE 2007. Gist is contracted to have a new book come out every summer. Courting Trouble is her 2007 summer release and has, so far, hit three best seller lists. Gist lives in Texas with her husband of twenty-four years. They have two kids in high school, two in college. Click here to view interviews with Dee.
Author's Schedule
2008 Schedule--------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Houston, TX
DATE: Thursday, March 27, 2008
TIME: 8:15 - 9:30pm Gist will be signing books at the Church Bookstore Convention at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church. ---------------------------------------------  EVENT: Parade
LOCATION: Corsicana, TX
DATE: Saturday, April 26, 2008
TIME: 9:00am
Gist will be the GRAND MARSHAL of the Derrick Days Parade in Corsicana. Afterwards, she will be speaking & signing books (see below). ---------------------------------------------  EVENT: Speaking & Signing Engagement
LOCATION: Corsicana, TX
DATE: Saturday, April 26, 2008
TIME: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Gist will be speaking about her research into
the history of the oil industry as it relates to Corsicana and will
sign her books. This is presented by The Bookstack and will take place in Corsicana's Arts District--more specifically in front of the Two Doors Down Coffee House and the Navarro Council of the Arts office. Call 903-875-1141 or click here for more details. -------------------------------------------- EVENT: LifeWay Book Signing
LOCATION: The Woodlands, Texas
DATE: Saturday, May 17, 2008
TIME: 11:00 - 1:00
Gist will be signing books in conjuction with LifeWay's celebration of National Fiction Day. She will be at the LifeWay in the Portofino Shopping Center in The Woodlands. 9075 I-45, Shenandoah, TX 77385, (936) 321-9600. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Radio Interview
LOCATION: Indiana, S Michigan, E/C Ohio
DATE: Monday, June 9, 2008
TIME: 9:25am EST
Gist will be doing a LIVE interview with WBCL Radio Network's
Mid-Morning show "Author! Author!" servicing Indiana, S Michigan, and
E/C Ohio. (Listeners can also tune in via the internet.) --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Orlando, FA
DATE: July 13 - 17
TIME: TBA Gist will be signing books at the Internatioal Christian Retail Show at the Orange County Convention Center. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
DATE: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
TIME: 5:30 - 7:30 pm Gist will be signing books at the Romance Writers of America's "Readers for Life" Literacy Autographing at the San Francisco Marriott. Autographing is open to the public.
---------------------------------------------EVENT: Speaking Engagement
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
DATE: Saturday, August 2, 2008
TIME: 3:15 - 4:15 Gist will be speaking at the Romance Writers of America National Convention about WHAT TAKES SO LONG?: What Happens To An Author's Manuscript Once It Is Sold--From Contract to Store Shelves.
The publishing of a novel takes a huge collaborative effort--some of
which is in the author's control, much of which is not. Gist starts
with a 500-page manuscript, then shows how it is transformed into a
bound book via color slides and physical samples of books and cover
jackets in various unfinished forms. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Kalamazoo, MI
DATE: Friday, September 19, 2008
TIME: 10:30 - 11:30am
Gist will be signing books at Meijer. Location details forthcoming. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Grand Rapids, MI
DATE: Friday, September 19, 2008
TIME: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Gist will be signing books at Meijer's Cascade location on 5531 28th St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512.
(616) 949-720. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Grand Rapids, MI
DATE: Friday, September 19, 2008
TIME: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Gist will be signing books at Meijer's Knapps Corner location on 1997 E Beltline NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525. (616) 447-1500 . --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Lansing, MI
DATE: Saturday, September 20, 2008
TIME: 10:30 - 11:30am
Gist will be signing books at Meijer. Location details forthcoming. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Ann Arbor, MI
DATE: Saturday, September 20, 2008
TIME: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Gist will be signing books at Meijer. Location details forthcoming. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: West Detroit, MI
DATE: Saturday, September 20, 2008
TIME: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Gist will be signing books at Meijer. Location details forthcoming. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Suburban Detroit, MI
DATE: Sunday, September 21, 2008
TIME: 10:30 - 11:30am
Gist will be signing books at Meijer. Location details forthcoming. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Suburban Detroit, MI
DATE: Sunday, September 21, 2008
TIME: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Gist will be signing books at Meijer. Location details forthcoming. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Suburban Detroit, MI
DATE: Sunday, September 21, 2008
TIME: 4:00 - 5:00pm
Gist will be signing books at Meijer. Location details forthcoming. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Speaking Engagement
LOCATION: Jefferson, TX
DATE: First Weekend in November, 2008
TIME: TBA Gist will be speaking at the 3rd annual BOOKS ALIVE! event at The First United Methodist Church of Jefferson. Details TBA. --------------------------------------------- EVENT: Book Signing
LOCATION: Jefferson, TX
DATE: First Weekend in November, 2008
TIME: TBA Gist will be signing books at Books Alive. Details TBA. ---------------------------------------------This schedule is updated regularly, so check back for new events. To schedule Deeanne as a speaker or for a book signing please email Ron Smith with Smith Management Partners. |
