DeAnn Daley Holcomb is an award-winning television and newspaper journalist, published author and full-time writer. Holcomb, a Fort Worth TX native, graduated from Texas Tech University.

Family Secrets is her first fiction romance novel, published by P3 Press, an affiliate of Brown Books Publishing of Dallas.

In 2011, Family Secrets was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer National Book Award and in 2012 Family Secrets was a finalist for the Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Award.

Set in Pleasant Valley, TX, Family Secrets chronicles the heartbreaking, humorous and romantic journey of three generations of women. Jennalee is shattered to learn her true identity and finds comfort in the arms of the strong and handsome Lance Forrester. Emma Cherie finds the courage to leave her abusive husband and takes the chance on finding happiness with her true love. The lovely and captivating Charlene, must learn to relinquish control and let destiny takes its course.

Holcomb was a part of the Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX, enjoying her time doing a book signing event for Family Secrets in the Writer’s League of Texas booth and she has appeared at the North Texas and West Texas Book Festivals along with several book signing events and speaking engagements across the state.

Holcomb lives in Plano, TX, with her husband Greg, and her son, Spencer. When Holcomb wasn’t busy writing on her laptop computer, you could find her on the sidelines of Spencer’s football or baseball games, cheering the teams on to victory. Now, with Spencer off to college, Holcomb is hard at work on her second novel, Beyond the Shadows, a mystery romance with television news reporter Claire McKenzie at the heart of the drama. Visit her website at deanndaleyholcomb.com.