Denise Giardina grew up in a coal camp in McDowell County, West Virginia. She received a B.A. in history from West Virginia Wesleyan College and an M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary (Episcopal) in Alexandria, Virginia.
Ms. Giardina has written six novels: “Good King Harry” (Harper and Row, 1984), “Storming Heaven” (W.W. Norton, 1987), “The Unquiet Earth” (W.W. Norton, 1992), “Saints and Villains,” (W.W. Norton, 1998), “Fallam’s Secret” (W.W. Norton, 2004) and “Emily’s Ghost” (W.W. Norton, 2009). She is also the author of a play, “Robert and Ted” (2012), about Senators Robert C. Byrd and Ted Kennedy.
Denise Giardina grew up in a coal camp in McDowell County, West Virginia. She received a B.A. in history from West Virginia Wesleyan College and an M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary (Episcopal) in Alexandria, Virginia.
Ms. Giardina has written six novels: “Good King Harry” (Harper and Row, 1984), “Storming Heaven” (W.W. Norton, 1987), “The Unquiet Earth” (W.W. Norton, 1992), “Saints and Villains,” (W.W. Norton, 1998), “Fallam’s Secret” (W.W. Norton, 2004) and “Emily’s Ghost” (W.W. Norton, 2009). She is also the author of a play, “Robert and Ted” (2012), about Senators Robert C. Byrd and Ted Kennedy.
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