Christine Holden

Christine Holden is the mother/daughter writing team of

Leslie-Christine Megahey and Shirley Holden-Ferdinand, two

native New Orleanians, who have been penning stories

together since 1991. Shirley has been writing since she was

16, and Leslie "penned" her first book at the age of 4, a

school project that still sits proudly on the shelf at home.

After growing up watching her mother create fantastic

characters, Leslie asked Shirley to write an Antebellum

story that Leslie had thought of because of her fascination

and love of the architecture of the old houses. Shirley

agreed after Leslie promise to do all the researching,

typing, corrections, and chapter editions on the novel, and

Christine Holden was born. Leslie has been a member of RWA

since 1993, and belongs to the East Texas Chapter and Coeur

de Louisiane. Now, 7 years and 10 manuscripts later,

they're finally realizing their dreams. Ms. Holden's

speech on writing with a partner is included in Katherine

Falk's 1998 Edition of "How To Write Romance For The New

Markets And Get Published, Volume I."