Weaving Worlds, Word by Word
ABOUT D.L. KOONTZ
D.L. Koontz writes about what she knows: muddled lives, nail-biting unknowns and boundless hope.
Degrees behind her, she spent years in four major cities hiding her early fiction ideas, first on journalists’ notebooks where she detailed hard-news interviews, then on laptops as a management consultant and college instructor. Her novels took root in the margins.
Born in Pennsylvania, she zip code-hopped around five states before settling with her husband on a cattle farm in rural Georgia. Instead of tall buildings and traffic, her backdrop is now composed of nature—wind-brushed flatland, changing tides, longleaf pines, sprawling oaks, pecan trees, black-water swamps, and the occasional otter and alligator.
She and her husband share their farm with 80 beef cows, four chickens, three guineas, two dogs, and a cat. At random times a wolf, wild hog, or pack of coyotes try to horn in, but they’re not made very welcome and they eventually leave.
She’s a confirmed autodidact, especially regarding the food-lifestyle-health connection, and the faith-happiness-positivity connection.
Her favorite place: anywhere the hills/mountains sweep to the water (Maine’s coastline, Italy’s coastline, Wyoming’s Grand Tetons, etc.).
Her proudest accomplishment: Other than her son and kayaking off the coast of Alaska, D.L.’s proudest accomplishment is knowing how to milk a cow. How many people can do that these days?
You can reach her at: dlkoontz_roberson@aol.com.