— About
Denise Billings
Denise is a book lover with the childhood goal of reading every book in the library. A former book-seller, operating out of her home, she delivered books decades before Amazon. The highlight of her bookselling career was packing her car full of books for black men and peddling them to guys on their way to the Million Man March. She sold every last book.
Biography
— Who I Am
Denise
Billings
Denise is a book lover with the childhood goal of reading every book in the library. A former book-seller, operating out of her home, she delivered books decades before Amazon. The highlight of her bookselling career was packing her car full of books for black men and peddling them to guys on their way to the Million Man March. She sold every last book.
Born and raised in St. Louis Missouri, she attended Lincoln University, Missouri and made the Dean’s List, was selected to the Who’s Who Among College Students and earned a B.A. in Psychology. After college she moved to Los Angeles, California and held three different positions during thirteen years at Pacific Bell Telephone Company, where she served many years as a Union Representative.
For five years she raised funds for the St. Louis Science Center, Dance St. Louis and St. Louis Black Repertory Company. She has a son, a bonus daughter and son-in-law and she lives in Los Angeles with her fourth and final husband noted actor Earl Billings. She has contributed articles to several publications and Before, During & After the ‘C’ Word Anthology and A Gathering of Voices: Stories from the Longwood Writers Workshop. Her recently published book, Road Trip: A Memoir was a finalist in the biography/memoir category of the 2024 Black Authors Matter TV Awards.
She can be contacted at: denisebillings.com, dbillings@roadrunner.com, https://www.facebook.com/DeniseBillingsAuthor, Instagram @neciebug, neciebugsblog.blogspot.com, neciebug@threads.net
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