Hunt, Dena

Dena Hunt taught English at the University of New Orleans until her conversion to Christianity in 1984. Following her reception into the Roman Catholic Church, she returned to her native Georgia and taught in rural high schools until she retired. She did not start writing until after her retirement. Currently, she has several short stories in print and online, as well as reviews and essays. The Lion's Heart is her second novel. The first, Treason, won the 2014 IPPY Gold Medal in Religious Fiction.