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Donna King


Born
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

Donna King is a pen name for best-selling author Jenny Oldfield.

Jenny was born and brought up in Harrogate, Yorkshire, she says that even as a child she wrote stories and made tiny books, complete with illustrations. At school her favourite subjects were English, although she preferred creative writing to comprehension, and Art.

Jenny went on to study English at Birmingham University, where she did research on the Bronte novels and on children’s literature. She has worked in a food shop, delivered newspapers, been an auxiliary nurse in a children's hospital, cleaned houses and taught English in schools, colleges, and a men's prison. She has also taught modern dance.

She writes novels for both children and adults and, when she can escape from
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Balancing Act

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4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Burn

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Na gredi

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008
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“the heart of care is empathy, a feeling and enactment of intentional regard for the well-being of others and by extension the support systems (e.g., universal health care and a living wage) that insure well-being.”
Donna King, Letting Go: Feminist and Social Justice Insight and Activism

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