A native of Bear Lake County, Idaho, Nadene R. Carter has been fascinated with words since a small child. Everyone has defining moments in their lives. Discovering the world of books was one such moment for Nadene. She still remembers the first time she walked into the town library near her school and saw all those shelves full of books.

An important part of this equation was the librarian. Her name was Clevonia Ramey. After Nadene read a book, she would take it back and check out another. Instead of simply doing her librarian duties, Mrs. Ramey asked Nadene questions about the book she had just read, none of which could be answered with a simple yes or no. They were probing questions about the characters and about the events in the book that made her think about the story on several levels. Soon, Nadene began to anticipate the librarian’s questions and to read accordingly. Today, that’s called reading like a writer.

Nadene has worked in:
Technical publications for a government contractor; Marketing and promotions director for a cosmetic company and served as editor/publisher of their corporate magazine. She also created the company’s slick product promotion pieces and other sales literature; Assistant to the president of an architectural firm where she created marketing proposals in the bidding process for new work.