The ever-inquisitive Hagin King travels extensively(France, Greece, Canada, Italy, Mexico, England, etc.)an all-consuming passion before earning her journalism degree from Cal. State University, Sacramento, the city where she wrote and hosted the first of her weekly television news programs. The author's travels, West Coast ties and media relations background are all prominently evident throughout her novels. Since relocating to Palm Beach, Florida, King has toiled in both print and broadcast journalism; authored 8 books and she is a strong and active advocate for literacy,a passion that began in King's pageant days, when the writer, who's a three-time beauty contestant winner, began platforming for literacy. Volunteering with the Palm Beach County Library System's Adult Literacy Project, teaching ABE(Adult Basic Education)for grownups who can't read. Before providing gratis services to the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition's Budding Readers program for tots. King also joined the Coalition's Community Education staff, tutoring adult students in GED (General Education Development) and ESL (English as a Second Language) "I consider all of my work biographical," says King, who includes much of her rich life experiences in her two novels: The Brat Pact: Nefarious, 600 p. and The Crowne Affaire, 500 p. and her five-volume Real Life Poem series; motivational and family bio. titles. "I work very hard and I play with the same intensity, partaking in tennis at least 3 days a week and I teach wee players," says the author, whose opening chapter in the novel, The Crowne Affaire, centers around a haunted tennis court.
