Ginger Hanson’s historical romances, Tennessee Waltz and Ransom's Bride, hit the shelves in 2004. Ransom's Bride scored success as the winner of the 2005 Gayle Wilson Award Of Excellence and was a finalist in the 2005 Holt Medallion Contest. Tennessee Waltz was a finalist in the 2005 Maggie as well as the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence in the Historical category.
Although these are her first novels, her articles have appeared in regional newspapers, national magazines and online writers’ newsletters. She wrote a humor column (see A Slice of Ginger) for a local newspaper and her young adult history of corporal punishment is in its third reprint. She also wrote and edited an aviation company newsletter. Currently, Ms. Hanson works as a copyeditor.
Ms. Hanson has been a workshop presenter at national, regional, local and online writers’ conferences, including the Romance Writers of America’s National Conference and the Lost State Writers’ Conference. She has also taught online writing classes and presented programs for local clubs, schools and libraries where her audiences have run the gamut from kindergartners to grandmothers. A longtime historian, she has a Master of Science in Education and taught U.S. History and Western Civilization at a local junior college for six years.
Ms. Hanson resides in southeast Alabama with her husband, a retired Army major who is employed by a military flight contractor. Two dogs (a recently acquired rescued Great Dane is large enough to bump that to three "regular" dogs) and a cat. Her daughter is carrying on the military tradition as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. When not writing, Ms. Hanson can most often be found at the local library where she works as a volunteer either at the front desk or with the Friends of the Library book sales. Needless to say, she often staggers home beneath a pile of books she has bought or borrowed, welcome additions to her constantly multiplying home library.
