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D.A.Chadwick has written nine books and several screenplays. She has worked as a freelance translator of French, German and Dutch to English for twelve years and is a member of the American Translator's Association.
When not writing or translating, Chadwick is a substitute high school teacher who enjoys ghost hunting, fishing, building model ships and playing 12 string guitar. History and archaelogy are passions as well as doing research. Truth seeking led to a working knowledge of Biblical Hebrew and Latin.
"When researching my family history I discovered that one of my ancestors was involved in a murder involving two Kansas cattle ranchers in 1890 and I published the story in 2000 as 'Blatherskites: The Frazer/Gibson Murders.'"
The Chimera Project, is a thriller based on the stories my father used to tell us thirty years before the "shadow government" was admitted to by President George Bush and the "Commander X" books were published in the 90s. Dad was US Army intelligence and assigned to the Pentagon. He was passed away now and there is no reason to keep this information secret any longer.
I recently completed a novel I started at age twenty, The Good Nazi, about two friends who end up on opposite sides of the fence in Nazi Germany. My current project is a novel based on my experiences at boot camp in 1983, The Killing of Private Joatmon.
This summer I will be reading 300 Feldpost letters from German soldiers on the Russian front for a nonfiction book. I bought them f
Reviewed by Janet Green for Readers' Favorite
When you think of a singing nun, visions come to mind of a habit-clad woman dancing in a field of wildflowers on a hill, spinning happily with palms up, belting out a healthy hymn. But the story of the singing nun is anything but that vision. It is a portrayal of the few spots of joy and the consuming tragedy that was this young nun's life, stopped short by suicide, and an inability to feel accepted in a world outside the convent. In this updated biography, D.A. Chadwick compassionately reveals the tumultuous, angst-filled journey traveled by Jeannine Decker, Soeur Sourire (Sister Smile). Through journals, photos, interviews, and other well-documented research, we come to know this nun and her partner Ann Pecher, who many would say was Decker's lover as much as best friend.
Chadwick is striking in her pursuit and defense of the truth with regard to the person beneath the habit and the songs. Soeur Sourire, as Decker preferred to be known, was tragic in character, constantly second-guessing herself, her talents, her commitments, her sexuality, and eventually her ability to survive the overwhelming stressors that were continually dealt her. Through her ordeals, Ann faithfully would join her, even to the very end in her own suicide alongside Decker. For a passionate and well-turned biography, this novel is recommended for its fluid reading and what is probably the closest thing to the truth ever written about this historical figure, Soeur Sourire, the Singing Nun.
