Late Night Lattes

As a child, Dorene pretended to read Little Golden Books to her younger siblings. She was initially struck by the writing muse at the age of nine, when she stayed up past her bedtime for the first time to finish a short story. That attempt resulted in her teacher reading her work aloud to the class, then submitting her story to Highlights magazine. Unfortunately, Dorene took the magazine's request to shorten the story as a flat rejection.She didn't get serious about writing until after the birth of her third child. Even then it took five years before she mastered the art of rejection and landed her first sale in September 2001. Over the following twelve years she published six Blazes and two Superromances with Harlequin under the pen name Dorie Graham. Then in 2019, she published her memoir, Passing Rain.Currently, she resides in Jonesboro, Georgia, a suburb of metro-Atlanta. She finds herself in the happy position of pursuing her writing full time. When not on the lake kayaking, swinging a sledge hammer, or hanging with family and friends, you'll find her exploring her creative nature, and, of course, writing.