Irreverent, passionate, fearless C. R. Henderson has nine lives:
artist, museum designer, environmentalist, amateur astronomer, master gardener, folk singer/songwriter, dancer, dreamer, and most recently, author.
With an artist's eye, C.R. paints vivid SETTINGS:
- a flower-filled Savannah cottage;
- a richly-furnished Charleston penthouse;
- a SteamPunk convention in Charlotte, NC;
- a Mayan solstice ceremony at a sacred well;
Memorable CHARACTERS:
- naughty ten-year-old Doris stumbling into the reason her mother went missing;
- Panda, the sagacious Turkish Van cat who leads his people into heaven;
- pre-teen Lili Belle and her gay uncle Fifi conspiring against an alien invasion;
- Eighty-four-year-old Poplar Ashe finding meaning and serenity at the end of life;
Climatic SITUATIONS:
- the overdressed real estate agent courted by an amorous pig named "Ol' Bacon"
- fireworks gone haywire because of a casually offered prayer to a Hindu deity;
- an art gallery owner stealing a church bus to escape a bad party;
- a magenta-haired equestrian riding like a madwoman to her destiny;
Eclectic SUBJECTS:
- as mundane as mismatched shoes;
- as metaphysical as life after death;
- as contemporary as economic collapse;
- as timeless as finding your One True Love.
On Facebook as "Katie Henderson"
"Creativity is more important than book learning, and kindness is more important than either."
