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Copyright 2004 H.B. Huisinga
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Updated: 01/09/10.
Copyright 2004-10 H.B. Huisinga.
Biography
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H.B. Huisinga grew up with her older sister on the family farm just outside of Clinton, Illinois. After graduating a year early from high school, she entered the first of two local community colleges to study Electrical Engineering. Her collegiate studies focused on math, chemistry and physics while her personal interests found her exploring ancient Egyptian culture, vampyre lore, creative writing, impressionistic art, choir and crocheting.
Ms. Huisinga left college after three years to pursue a career in the field of her studies in order to make ends meet. After three years at a local engineering design firm, she moved to Wisconsin where she joined forces with an architectural design firm. She now makes her living as a Medical Transcriptionist in Northern Illinois.
From an early age, she developed her creative writing skills with her sometimes unconventional approaches to English assignments. She was given a Young Authors Award from her junior high school English teachers who encouraged her creative writing abilities further by submitting an early poem of Ms. Huisinga's entitled "It's Christmas Dinner" to the local newspaper. "It's Christmas Dinner" was subsequently published in the Decatur Herald & Review. Since then, Ms. Huisinga has written short fictional stories and poetry inspired by her triumph in being a successful survivor of child sexual abuse.
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Ms. Huisinga currently resides in Illinois and is a member of the Wisconsin Regional Writer's Association and Chicago Writers Association. She holds two certifications from CSI (Construction Specifications Institute--the original CSI); Certified Construction Contract Administrator and Construction Document Technologist. She is also a LEED Accredited Professional with the United States Green Building Council.
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Ms. Huisinga spends her free time further developing her personal interests, advocating for local Domestic Abuse Intervention Services. Ms. Huisinga also teaches crochet and knitting classes to local crafters.
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Deracination is Ms. Huisinga's first foray into the realm of writing novels.