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1 Personal Fact Sheet

Darlene Quinn

Personal:
• Only child
• Born and raised in Long Beach, California
• Fantastic Mother who read every draft of my early fiction. She passed away before her time in 1994
• 91 year old father, a former aircraft engineer, cattle buyer, then long shoreman who lives with his
Cavalier King Charles spaniel at Bixby Towers in Long Beach.
• Birthday June 17, 1939
• Married, 2 children (an adopted son and a hearing impaired daughter), 2 step children, and 11
grandchildren. (Got acquainted with my husband at our high school reunion)
• Resides in Long Beach, California

School:
• Graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA
• Bachelor of Arts: Education/Psychology University of California-San Jose
• Graduate Business Courses: University of Washington--Seattle, WA

Experience:
• Director of Personnel/Organization Development---Bullocks Wilshire
• Corporate Director of Training--Bullock's (Major West Coast retailer)
• Member of the task force to form magnet schools in Los Angeles.
• Taught seminars on interviewing skills, time management, listening and negotiating skills
• Director of self-improvement, modeling and charm courses, as a private contractor for Bullock's
and Robinson's Department Stores
• Created public relations, personal appearance, and self-esteem courses for hospital personnel
(Pacific Hospital, Pioneer Hospital and Artesia Medical Group).
• Assisted in research on Frontal Temporal Dementia for UCSF (my late husband fell victim to FTD
ten or more years before he passed away in 2005)
• Pageant coordination for Miss Long Beach portion of Miss Universe
• Speaker and commentator for community organizations and the underprivileged and Orange
County (self image, public relations, beauty, and fashion.)
• Taught in the public school system (K-8th)

Activities and Organizations:


• Reading and story telling is a life long passion
• Love to go out dancing and have the perfect partner to do so
• Took up skiing, again, recently
o Belongs to a number or organizations: Treasurer of Southern California Writers
Association, Long Beach Yacht Club, Romance Writers' of America, Assistance League, Balboa
Ski Club, National Writers' Association, Toastmasters, John Tracy Clinic, Chairman of our Wilson
Reunion Committee, past president of Parents Adoption League and past Vice President of the
Board of Directors for the Ocean Club

Professional:
• Author of two novel (Webs of Power and Sizzling Cold Case).
• Assisted Buddy Ebsen in writing his first novel and other writing projects.
• Published articles “Inskeeping World” and “Savvy Magazine”(time management, interviewing,
management, listening, and negotiating skills were the major focus.)
• Next novel, Twisted Webs, is the sequel to Webs of Power.

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