Denise Bossarte
Denise Bossarte is a poet and an award-winning writer, photographer, and artist. Denise is a certified meditation facilitator and contemplative arts teacher. She is an information technology (IT) professional working for a large urban school district. Denise holds a BA in chemistry, an MS in computer science, and a PhD in developmental neuroscience. And she is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
Denise spent her adulthood healing herself from the traumatic impact the sexual abuse had on her life. She is not a mental health professional. She is a Thriver who has traveled a healing journey and is able to share a personal, guided experience for readers to find and engage in their own journey to healing, to becoming Thrivers. Her unpublished manuscript, Thriving After Sexual Abuse, was a quarterfinalist in the 2019 BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest, Self-Help Category.
Whether writing on overcoming trauma in her nonfiction work or recasting her real-life experiences into award-winning dark urban fantasy in four novels—Glamorous, Beginnings, Return, and Readings—Denise tackles the dark side of things with courage, fearlessness, and compassion. Her self-published book Glamorous was a bronze medalist in 2019’s The Wishing Shelf Book Awards in Adult Fiction, and her success with Glamorous earned her membership into the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers. Denise is also a member of the Nonfiction Authors Association and the Texas Association of Authors.
Denise lives in Texas with her husband, Randy, and literary cat, Sapphira. DeniseBossarteBooks.com
Denise spent her adulthood healing herself from the traumatic impact the sexual abuse had on her life. She is not a mental health professional. She is a Thriver who has traveled a healing journey and is able to share a personal, guided experience for readers to find and engage in their own journey to healing, to becoming Thrivers. Her unpublished manuscript, Thriving After Sexual Abuse, was a quarterfinalist in the 2019 BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest, Self-Help Category.
Whether writing on overcoming trauma in her nonfiction work or recasting her real-life experiences into award-winning dark urban fantasy in four novels—Glamorous, Beginnings, Return, and Readings—Denise tackles the dark side of things with courage, fearlessness, and compassion. Her self-published book Glamorous was a bronze medalist in 2019’s The Wishing Shelf Book Awards in Adult Fiction, and her success with Glamorous earned her membership into the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers. Denise is also a member of the Nonfiction Authors Association and the Texas Association of Authors.
Denise lives in Texas with her husband, Randy, and literary cat, Sapphira. DeniseBossarteBooks.com
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Glamorous: A Grace Bishop Novel
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Dark Urban Fantasy/Thriller/Supernatural Suspense
Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review. Amazon Best Seller! Bronze Medalist in 2019 The Wishing Shelf Book Award for Adult Fiction! A serial killer preys on homeless girls. Only her powers can stop him. Grace is a survivor. Haunted by the memories of the car accident that killed her brother and brought her police career to an end, she's determined to bring wrongdoers to justice as a PI. Little do her clients know that the accident gave her more than nightmares; it gave her paranormal abilities she can't explain. When she agrees to help a friend solve a mystery involving missing homeless girls, Grace is drawn into a secret world of Paranorms and The Family that rules them. It's a supernatural haven for potential friends and deadly evil, and this discovery alters her reality forever. With the killer still at large, Grace must use her powers to put an end to his murder spree, even if she ends up being the one in the cross-hairs. Glamorous is the first book in a series of urban fantasy and paranormal thrillers. If you enjoy intriguing mystery, new and distinctive paranormal worlds, and a riveting plot, then you'll love this new series starter. Grace's Paranorm world includes short stories RETURN, BEGINNINGS and READINGS. Recommended reading order: GLAMOROUS, RETURN, BEGINNINGS, then READINGS. 
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Return: A Story of Grace Bishop's Paranorm World (Stories of Grace Bishop's Paranorm World Book 1)
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Dark Urban Fantasy/Supernatural Suspense
Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review. Amazon Best Seller! Danny is haunting his sister. It's the least a brother can do. Danny may be a ghost, but he still enjoys computers, driving his sister crazy, and helping her save the world. But how did Danny end up haunting Grace? What happened that fateful day Danny died? Where did he go and what did he experience? Did he get a choice about returning to Grace? Find out in Danny's story: RETURN! RETURN is a prequel to GLAMOROUS. Both are paranormal thrillers, supernatural suspense, dark urban fantasy stories. Recommended reading order: GLAMOROUS, RETURN, BEGINNINGS, then READINGS. 
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Beginnings: A Story of Grace Bishop's Paranorm World (Stories of Grace Bishop's Paranorm World Book 2)
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Dark Urban Fantasy/Supernatural Suspense
Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review. Amazon Best Seller! Her powers cost her dearly. The payment was her brother's life. Grace lost her little brother in a fatal car accident. But that same accident was the catalyst to awaken her Paranormal gifts. How did her powers emerge after the accident? Did anyone believe her abilities? Did she think she was going crazy? Find out how Grace survived the trauma of the accident and became a Paranorm in her story: BEGINNINGS! BEGINNINGS is a prequel to GLAMOROUS. Both are paranormal thrillers, supernatural suspense, dark urban fantasy stories. Recommended reading order: GLAMOROUS, RETURN, BEGINNINGS, then READINGS. 
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Readings: A Story of Grace Bishop's Paranorm World (Stories of Grace Bishop's Paranorm World Book 3)
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Dark Urban Fantasy/Supernatural Suspense
Amazon bestseller! Sophie is Grace's best Paranorm friend. But can she be trusted? Sophie has been there for Grace and Danny since their parents died. She helped Grace get through Danny's death. But what was their first meeting like? What did Grace learn from Sophie's reading? And what doesn't Grace know about her best friend? Find out in Sophie's story: READINGS! READINGS is a prequel to GLAMOROUS. Both are paranormal thrillers, supernatural suspense, dark urban fantasy stories. Recommended reading order: GLAMOROUS, RETURN, BEGINNINGS, then READINGS. 
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Poems of Darkness and Light: Writings During the Pandemic Volume 1 & 2
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Poetry
Meeting her muse in the midst of the pandemic, award-winning author Denise Bossarte inspires others through her vulnerability and courage in writing about the darkness of childhood sexual abuse and the light of a healing out of the darkness. The poems in Darkness and Light were written for April's National Poetry Month, one poem each day. This volume includes poems from Day 1 to Day 30. The poems were originally posted to Denise's Thriving After Facebook page and her Twitter account @AmThrivingAfter. When the poems were too long for Twitter in their original form, the long versions of the poems were posted to Thriving After Facebook page and shorter versions of the poems were created to post onto @AmThrivingAfter. Bonus poems written during the first fifteen days of National Poetry Month are also included in this volume. In addition, the book also contains links to videos on Denise's YouTube channel Thriving After. The videos are audio recordings of Denise reading her poems and include images and video footage to complement and accompany the readings.
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Dreams of the Turtle King: Poems Inspired by South Florida Beaches
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Poetry
#1 Amazon bestseller!You can find so much more than just sand on the beach.You can find people, animals, interesting and unusual objects, and occasionally, deep thoughts! In this collection of free verse poems, Denise Bossarte takes you on an adventure to explore the things you can find on the beach. Each poem's imagery is reflected in a paired watercolor illustration by award winning artist Nancy Standlee. Reviews "Life goes round and round on the beach. Its serenity is sublime and contemplative, 'coming last, I see them all.' Bossarte's inspirational words, along with the colorful illustrations by Texas artist, Nancy Standlee, provide the reader (old and young) with a relaxing and insightful tour of the beach. Beautiful poetry and illustrations. Well done." - Readers' Favorite "People, animals, things and thoughts - Bossarte has found all these and more and turned them into poetry. And Standlee's beautiful watercolors make the images even more vivid. A perfect book for gift-giving." - Mensa Bulletin 
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RETURN, BEGINNINGS AND READINGS: Stories from Grace Bishop's
Paranorm World 1, 2, & 3
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Dark Urban Fantasy/Supernatural Suspense
Grace Bishop Stories Collection (3 Novella) RETURN Danny is haunting his sister. It's the least a brother can do. BEGINNINGS Her powers cost her dearly. The payment was her brother's life READINGS Sophie is Grace's best Paranorm friend. But can she be trusted? RETURN, BEGINNINGS and READINGS are paranormal thrillers, supernatural suspense, dark urban fantasy stories. Recommended reading order: GLAMOROUS, RETURN, BEGINNINGS, then READINGS. 
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Thriving After Sexual Abuse: Break Your Bondage to the Past and Live a Life You Love
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Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Health, Psychology
Thriving After Sexual Abuse is an eloquent and empathetic self-development book laying out a blueprint for survivors to heal themselves. Denise Bossarte writes with fierce candor as she shares her own traumatic experience with childhood sexual abuse. Thriving provides tips and suggestions for readers to seek help, self-reflect, and pursue healing through a range of activities and practices and offers tangible strategies for readers to reclaim their lives and move forward to a life of Thriving. 
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