ABOUT Brenda.....

An experienced and insightful writer, Brenda Cannon Henley has had a lot of
practice from the time her beloved high school English and journalism
teacher, Erma Nowell, first tapped her to serve on the newspaper and
yearbook staff to the present. Gathering copy, getting exacting quotes,
taking photographs, learning proper layout and design skills and making
decisions became a way of life for the young writer. Mrs. Nowell said,
"You've got talent, Girl, and you need to use it starting now."

Those talents were further honed near Atlanta, in a 17-year career at
Georgia's largest church, where Brenda served on the busy staff writing
curriculum for all ages, campaigns, the church bulletin, seminar materials,
teaching aids or sermon notes as well as taking care of the finances of the
large ministry. Moving from the church to an international ministry in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, near Nashville, where she worked for 15 years for a
true journalism giant, she added book manuscript editing, copywriting,
proofreading and author skills to her arsenal. Brenda also wrote a weekly
column for more than 15 years in the newspaper with a paid circulation
around the world of over 200,000 readers. She also authored and had
published six books during this tenure.

Moving to the Texas Gulf Coast in 2002, Brenda became an active
investigative news reporter for a weekly newspaper and has seen thousands of
her articles and interviews published. Visiting the famed Texas Death Row
for more than 13 hours in one year, working murder, rape and accident
scenes, interviewing cancer patients and covering everyday news of
importance to Southeast Texas, readers once again put her in the limelight
when her peers awarded her more than two dozen awards for investigative and
writing skills. In 2006, Brenda received the top award from the Press Club
of Southeast Texas for her provocative investigative series on consensual
teenage sex and what the Texas law says about it, along with five other
awards for business, sports, feature writing and hard breaking news. The
series, "Branded for Life," won first place in the nation for investigative
reporting from the acclaimed National Newspaper Association, which has 2,500
member newspapers. She also won four other national awards as well as a
statewide award for her writing about cancer survivors.

Brenda also serves as the Religion Editor for the award-winning newspaper
and writes a weekly column on a personal note.

With all of the awards and commendations she has garnered, Brenda says her
greatest accomplishments are her three children, DeAnna Davis, Dr. Brent
Stancil and Nicole Brown, and the seven adorable grandchildren who
continually light up her life.

Living on the beautiful Texas Gulf Coast in Port Bolivar, near Galveston,
Brenda finds great peace and a wonderful atmosphere in which to write. You
can often find her down on the beach, out on the jetties, or along side the
bay, with a laptop in hand putting ideas on paper.
Allow her to do it for you.
 

Scenic photograph by Renate Mangus
Personal photograph by Ted J. Henley
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