About Denise
Digging in the Driftless
Denise Thornton is a freelance journalist. After writing for newspapers and magazines, her first book (on teens and physical disabilities) was published in April 2007.
Spring 2008, Denise completed the University of Wisconsin-Madison Professional-track M.A. program in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, focusing on health, science and environmental reporting. She’s also fascinated by sustainable agriculture and architecture.
To learn more about Denise and what her current projects are, visit her blog, Digging in the Driftless.
New entries are posted every Tuesday and Friday.
On this website you can find out more about Denise, her recent book Physical Disabilities: The Ultimate Teen Guide, and her other projects. Denise is currently researching her next book for the same series on teens and cancer.
Denise is working on several non-fiction projects, rewriting a middle-grade novel about ghosts, and completing a timber frame barn on 44 acres in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin, where Denise and her husband wage a constant campaign against the invasive plants that threaten the woods, savannah and prairie they are attempting to protect.
Within the next few years, they hope to contribute to the sustainably-grown local food supply from the south-facing slopes of their rolling land. Learn more about this at Denise’s blog, Digging in the Driftless.