Her husband took early retirement in order to assist her burgeoning writing career. In her Henke has made the USA Today bestseller list and the Waldenbooks and B. Two years later, she left her teaching career to become a full-time writer. Henke finally sold her first novel in 1986. After earning a job at the university in Ohio where her husband was a tenured professor, for fifteen years Henke taught history, gerontology, sociology, proposal writing for social service agencies, freshman composition, and remedial reading. After her graduation, she worked as a cashier for a loan company, a public welfare caseworker, the assistant circulation manager for a small newspaper, and an administrator of a federal information program for the elderly.
in history (both from the University of Missouri). Although Henke originally planned to become a journalist, she eventually earned a B.A. In her first year at school she met her future husband, Jim Henke, in a shared Spanish class. Henke entered the University of Missouri immediately after graduating from high school. Her father died while she was in her teens, leaving Henke alone with her mother. She was born Shirl Nehrt, fifteen years after her next oldest sibling. Some of her works have been translated into other languages.
She also writes mystery novels using the pen name Alexa Hunt. She has eclectic tastes and has written historical, contemporary, western, and regency-themed books. Shirl Henke is an American best-selling author of contemporary and historical romance novels.
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