Novels & Collections

 

Baby Dust: A Novel about Miscarriage and Stillbirth
October 2011
Trade paperback and all major ebook formats
Casey Shay Press
Visit the book page for buying options
Visit the publisher page for signed copies
See the book trailer
Be a fan on Goodreads

Stella and Dane: A Honky Tonk Romance
July 2012
Trade paperback
All major ebook formats
On Amazon
On Barnes and Noble
On iTunes

Jinnie Wishmaker: Part 1 of the Troubled Tweens Series
(under the name D.D. Roy)
November 2011
Library Hardcover Edition, paperback, and all major ebook formats
Visit the book page at Books on Board
Visit DD Roy’s Blog for middle grade readers (age 9-12)
See the related short story, Mr. Kent’s Wall of Wonders

Marcus Mender: Part 2 of the Troubled Tweens Series
(under the name D.D. Roy)
November 2012
Paperback and all major ebook formats
Visit the blog for DD Roy for buying options and updates
Don’t miss the FREE anthology 10 Tales for Tweens with a bonus story by Deanna in it!

Single Edged Blades: 7 Stories for a Broken & Angry Heart
February 2012
All major ebook formats
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
iTunes

 

iPhone and iPad storybook application:
Dust Bunnies: Secret Agents
Original story by Deanna Roy
New app technology from Polycot Labs
Make YOUR child the hero of a great adventure
Now available in the App store!
Meet the bunnies on Facebook–they will answer your child!

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Short Works

“When Only a Bad Boy Will Do.” Simply Solo. February 2012. (Personal Essay.) Read it online.

“Motion Blur.” Exhale Magazine. December 2011. (Personal Essay.) Read it online.

“How to Stalk an Agent without Invoking a Restraining Order.” Sprouts Magazine. Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), New Jersey. May 2010. (Humor Article.)

“Forget the Rules and Make the Leap.” The Writer Magazine. Vol. 122, Issue 3. Waukesha, Wisconsin. March 2009. (Humor Article.)

“Our Fingers Are Gonna Fly Now: Dispatches from the Austin NaNoWriMo ‘Rocky’ Write In.” About.com. Chicago, Illinois. Nov. 20, 2008. (Article and Photo Spread.) Read it online.

“Teaching Kids Nature Photography.” Austin Family Magazine. Austin, Texas. April 2008. (Article and Photo Spread.)

“Austin NaNoWriMo Nature Write-In.” About.com. Chicago, Illinois. Nov. 23, 2007. (Article and Photo Spread.) Read it online.

“The Nuvaring.” 34th Parallel. Vol. 1. Issue 1. Irving, California. July 2007. In August 2008 “The Nuvaring” was chosen as an example of the literary magazine’s style for their web site. (Short Story) Read it online.

“Writing on the Road.” The Scribe. Writers’ League of Texas. Austin, Texas. October 2006. (Humor Article)

“Single Edged Blades.” Farfelu Magazine. Vol. 1, Issue 2. Austin, Texas. March 2006. (Short Story)

“The Good Gun.” The First Line. Vol. 4, Issue 3. Plano, Texas. September 2002. (Short Story)

Elements of Language, First Course. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Austin, Texas. 2001. (Book chapters.)

Elements of Language, Second Course. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Austin, Texas. 2001. (Book chapters.)

Elements of Language, Third Course. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Austin, Texas. 2001. (Biography of Robert Frost.)

“First Day of School Activities.” New Teacher Advocate. Juried Publication of Kappa Delta Pi. Indianapolis, Indiana. 1998. (Article)

Issues in Rural Independence. Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, Texas. 1994. Editor, Contributing Author. (Book series.)

 

Contests

Jinnie Wishmaker. June 2010. Second Place. Middle Grade Novel Division. Writers’ League of Texas Manuscript Contest. Premise: An 11-year-old girl discovers she can grant any living thing its one true wish.

Jinnie Wishmaker. June 2009. 2nd Round, top 25%. Page International Screenwriting Awards. Total entries: 4,400. Logline: An 11-year-old girl discovers she can grant any living thing its one true wish.

Helena the Muse. October 2006. First place. Mainstream Novel Division. Abilene Writer’s Guild. Premise: A young woman, chemically restrained in a high-end mental ward after setting her poet-lover’s house on fire, projects herself into the lives of history’s greatest artists, becoming the muse who inspires their most famous works. Literary Fiction.

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Interviews

Tauszik, Karleen. “A Wish Come True for D.D. Roy.” KidsEbookBestsellers.com. Dec. 2011. Read it online.

Phillips, C.L. “Black Friday Reading with Jinnie Wishmaker.” Working Stiffs. Nov. 2011. Read it online.

Prystup, Catherine. “Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month.” Livemom.com. Oct. 2011. Read it online.

“Learning about Baby Dust.” Caring for Carleigh. Oct. 2011. Read it online.

“Story Book Apps for Kids.” Austin American-Statesman. Oct. 2011. Read it online.

Breit, Nicole. “Interview with Deanna Roy.” Hubpages.com. May 2011. Read it online

Prystup, Catherine. “Featuring Deanna Roy.” Livemom.com. May 2008. Read it online.

Sheridan, Trace. “Murderous Gig.” 34th Parallel. Vol. 1. Issue 1. Irving, California. July 2007.

Scheeres, Julia. “Stillborns Re-Touched by an Angel.” Wired.com. July 8, 2002. Read it online.

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Photography

“Our Fingers Are Gonna Fly Now: Dispatches from the Austin NaNoWriMo ‘Rocky’ Write In.” About.com. Chicago, Illinois. Nov. 20, 2008. (Article and Photo Spread.) See them online.

“Teaching Kids Nature Photography.” Austin Family Magazine. Austin, Texas. April 2008.

Partnered with LiveMom to provide photography. February 2008.

Amy’s Ice Cream in Westlake held a gallery show of Deanna’s Butterfly Babies images January-June 2008.

“Austin NaNoWriMo Nature Write-In.” About.com. Chicago, Illinois. Nov. 23, 2007. View them online.

Deanna’s image of a child in a lily was used as a sample image throughout Mpix, a photography site. 2003-2008.

Finalist. Austin American-Statesman wildflower photo competition. April 2003.

“Photographer of the Month” through Kodak’s professional photography web site for ProShots. July 2002.