Brenda Duffey

Author Brenda Duffey grew up in Jefferson County, Kentucky, but her roots lie deep in the rural “hollers” of her home state. She grew up on Kentucky fried chicken (her mother’s) and a conservative Bible Belt philosophy of education and hard work as the key to success. She received her undergraduate secondary education degree from the University of Louisville in 1967 with endorsements in social studies and English. She received her MSW from the Kent School of Social Work at the University of Louisville in 1986.

After twenty-five years in public education spanning six different states, Ms. Duffey retired and wrote and self-published The Peacemaker through Xlibris Publishing Company in 2010. After a nationwide tour promoting the book and establishing an online website at http://www.kentuckywoman.net Ms. Duffey became a free lance writer for Demand Media. Since that time she has written and published over 100 informational articles for eHow.com or LiveStrong.com. She also has a website at http://angelbandproductions.com that contains an Oregon Coast Calendar of multicultural and family centered events along the Oregon Coast in collaboration with the chambers of commerce from Newport to Bandon.

At the end of 2010 Ms. Duffey was approached by Dr. Alia Khan-Hudson in regard to ghostwriting a memoir of her experiences growing up in the Middle East and Pakistan as well as her flight from that part of the world to the United States after a violent attack and murder of her grandparents. This project is now the major focus of her writing until the book is published.

Ms. Duffey has also written a children’s story entitled “A Squeaky Wheel Gets Oiled”. Recently, she turned this into a stage production that she hopes to produce and direct next year, adding music and dance to the story. Ms. Duffey is also an accomplished vocalist, song writer and swing and Latin dance instructor in Florence, Oregon where she now resides.