A native of South Carolina, ReNita A. Burgess is a National Best Selling Author. She has published a diverse variety of 30 books for adults and children. ReNita has been featured on television and radio interviews regarding her talented work. Today she holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Ashley University. She has managed her own cosmetic's business (ReNita Cosmetics LLC) and is currently pursuing a medical assisting certification in plastic surgery from Herzing University. Growing up as a child, ReNita became interested in writing whenever her mother told bedtime stories before bed. She then started to write her own stories and make her books using cardboard paper and glue. She took the homemade book to school and shared it with her teacher and class. It was her third-grade teacher, Ms. Yvette Dukes, who noticed ReNita's talent and urged her to become an author someday. ReNita kept that promise and made it came true in 2010 when she published her first book which was a collection of horror stories she saved from high school. People find it hard to believe that she has a collection of nearly 700 poems in a spiral notebook she's saved for years, unpublished. When asked where does ReNita gets the ideas for her books, she has been said to receive them from her own imagination with a touch of her own twisted life experiences.;) Writing isn't the only talent ReNita has, she has a history of competing in numerous beauty pageants and acting in short plays growing up. She has always been creative and sharing a passion for drawing and painting, it's her form of therapy. ReNita enjoys rainy days, long walks, the beach and watching The Golden Girls with her dog. When she isn't busy writing, she enjoys visiting the countryside where she grew up. She defines herself as a little girl from the back woods. Her favorite colors are crimson and turquoise and she enjoys traveling.
