Lorene Stunson Hill grew up in Detroit, Michigan.  She has lived in Central Florida for the last 37 years.  "To Dance with Ugly People," a fiction novel, is drawn on the wealth of experience thrown in her path.  Watching the world around her, she became very interested in Fate and Destiny.  Along her path she completed several Creative Writing courses under the guide of the esteemed Professor Wyatt, at The University of Central Florida.  The main thing she says he taught her was in order to be able to write she could not be a coward.   Writing gave Lorene a sense of accomplishment.  Emerging from homlessness, she lived in an old historic relic of a hotel, The Putnam Hotel,  that was known to be haunted.  Many of its residents were "put" there by Social Services and most were on drugs.  Residents paid by the day or week, so for many it was a revolving door.  There were two Nightclubs on the main floor, so most nights were filled with loud music and disruptive noises.  Lorene stayed locked up in her room, except  for regular escapes to the grocery store.  Her room numbered 313 was reported to be the most haunted room in the Hotel.  Several Ghosthunters had idone nvestigations.  Curious?  Check out this one site: riphunters.com/putnam-hotel Raising her one year old Grandson, who had been abandoned by his mother, she had even more stress, loving him so and wanting the best for him.   Lorene said, " Writing this book was my escape and it made my life rich and rewarding.  I felt in touch with a higher power while writing this book.  No bad ghosts or spirits were going to bother me!  I'd pray for where to go next, having reached writer's block, and I promise you the answer would pop into my head during the night.  This novel brought me to a new divine awareness.  I realized I had experienced a lot in life that had left me strewn and unsettled, the book brought about a resurgence of a strong feeling of cohesion, for me.  I could feel my heart glow with excitement and enthusiasm as I wrote this book.  I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it!" - Lorene Stunson Hill

The Kindle version of "To Dance with Ugly People," reached No. 1 in 2014 on Amazon's Best Seller's List for African American Women's Fiction in the U.K.