Denise M. Bruchman - Biography |
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First published in Robert Bloch’s Psychos in 1998, Denise M. Bruchman has written short stories, especially ghost stories, since the second grade. Having grown up in a haunted house where the ghosts played tricks on her as a child and checked in on her when her parents were out, Denise feels right at home writing ghost stories and dealing with the undead. In fact four of the seven stories she has published in anthologies are ghost stories, but they generally take an unforeseen twist near the end. She collects books on true hauntings and loves programs on the Travel and History channels that deal with ghosts because they feed her twisted mind. Some of her published ghost stories include:
Having a father, who was a police officer for nearly thirty years, it wasn't until she went off to college that Denise realized that other kids' parents didn't come home and discuss murders and other crimes over the dinner table. In fact, her father is as likely to tell you that he attended the FBI Academy to further her knowledge of crimes and the criminal mind as to further his own law enforcement career. How many other fathers are likely to say "we learned something really disgusting in forensic entomology and I immediately thought of you?" Thus, murders and the criminal mind feature in a lot of her stories. She reads a lot of psychological suspense and enjoys movies and television shows of the same vein. She also reads sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and "Mainstream" literature. Besides being a writer, Denise has long been an avid photography hobbyist. However, after getting her first digital camera, her hobby evolved into something far greater than she'd ever imagined and became the fine art you now see. Her passion for the Oregon coast, lighthouses, whale watching, old architecture, and landscapes from all over the Northwest was finally unhindered by film and processing and able to represent the windows into other places and other eras that Denise had envisioned. Color, black and white, and sepia images all became possible without the limitations of different kinds of film. The camera could do it all at anytime. Now she travels around capturing what she sees in a media more true to her vision to share with the rest of the world. In her spare time (what little of it there is) Denise raises and shows West Highland White Terriers, raises orchids, reads voraciously, gardens, and collects Michael Whelan and Alan Clark artwork. She loves spending time on the Oregon coast and would dearly love to live there because she'd get more writing and picture taking done and could go whale watching more often. She has been a member of the Horror Writer's Association for several years and regularly attends the World Horror Convention. She also makes it to the World Fantasy Convention whenever possible and hopes to attend other writing conventions in the future. As a 6’1" redhead she's kind of hard to miss at conventions so say hi. Favorite Authors: J.R.R. Tolkein, Anne McCaffrey, Nora Roberts (JD Robb), Eileen Dreyer, Dean Koontz, Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell, Tad Williams, Laurel K. Hamilton, Elizabeth Engstrom, Ivan Turgenev, and too many others to list them all here. Favorite Artists: Michael Whelan, Alan M. Clark, and Ansel Adams. Favorite Radio Station: Rosie 105, KDUK Favorite TV Shows: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Roswell, Charmed, Witchblade, Angel, Dark Angel, Gilmore Girls, The Pretender, Profiler, The Others, Xena Warrior Princess, Farscape, Crossing Over with John Edward, The Unexplained (great for ghost stories and other bizarre subjects), Haunted History, John Doe Favorite Gallery: The Artists' Gallery
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