Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Carmen Hendrix began writing at an early age. She is an avid volunteer and very active in the community. In 1996, she moved to Coral Gables, Florida and attended the University of Miami where she studied English Creative Writing and Broadcast Journalism. Having faced personal trials while there, Carmen left in 1998 and has lived in Dallas, Texas and now Houston, Texas where she currently resides. The road to becoming a published author was not an easy one and has included a series of obstacles that began after her twelve-year career in corporate America abruptly ended. Throughout her life, Carmen's love affair with words never waivered, she further cultivated her relationship with writing through the poetry circuit in Mississippi and Texas. "When Honeysuckles Fall" is the first installment of the self-titled collection. In the first quarter of 2017, Carmen will release her next title, "Eight Moments," which is the second installment of the collection. Be sure to visit CarmenHendrix.com for more details.