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name: Wendy Thomas Russell
about: Wendy is an award-winning journalist and author. She spent the bulk of her career as a news reporter, writing about criminal justice and special projects. Since leaving newspapers in 2008, most of her work has focused on writing for and about children. She authored three books for the Girl Scouts of the USA — including MEdia and BLISS — which advocate media literacy while keying teenage girls into their own strengths and aspirations. The books were published in December 2010. Her latest nonfiction project, Relax, It’s Just God, was borne out of her experience as a nonreligious mom trying to introduce her daughter to religion in a healthy, open-minded and honest way. She lives in Southern California with her husband and daughter.