Award-winning writer Wendy Dager's career has spanned four decades. For the first 32 years of her vocation, she specialized in articles, advertorials and web copy. An expert researcher and interviewer, Wendy now focuses solely on recording handbag history.
A California native, Wendy Dager wrote feature articles and advertorials for the Ventura County Star newspaper's community, arts & living, real estate, automotive, entertainment, wedding, Readers' Choice, and Eldercare sections for nearly 20 years. Her biweekly family- and community-focused opinion column was popular among Ventura County Star readers. Wendy's articles and essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News, Edible Ojai & Ventura County, The Arizona Republic, The Palm Beach Post, The Indiana Gazette, The Chicago Tribune, The Writer, Careers and the disAbled, I Love Cats, Hearing Loss, Byline, Antiques & Collecting, Writers Weekly, Wood Ranch News, Skin & Ink and other publications.
A California native, Wendy Dager wrote feature articles and advertorials for the Ventura County Star newspaper's community, arts & living, real estate, automotive, entertainment, wedding, Readers' Choice, and Eldercare sections for nearly 20 years. Her biweekly family- and community-focused opinion column was popular among Ventura County Star readers. Wendy's articles and essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News, Edible Ojai & Ventura County, The Arizona Republic, The Palm Beach Post, The Indiana Gazette, The Chicago Tribune, The Writer, Careers and the disAbled, I Love Cats, Hearing Loss, Byline, Antiques & Collecting, Writers Weekly, Wood Ranch News, Skin & Ink and other publications.
She has written advertorials, press releases, web copy and SEO copy for numerous companies including Ebates, Rakuten, ContentMarketing, Speedo/Authentic Fitness,
American Suzuki, Vulcan Cal/Mat, All Around Landscape Supply, and S&S Seeds.
Wendy's humorous mystery novel I Murdered the PTA was a top
five finalist in Court TV's Search for the Next Great Crime Writer. I Murdered
the PTA and its sequel I Murdered the Spelling Bee were published by Zumaya Publications and are
available on Amazon. Her kitschy thriller
Thrift Me Deadly was a top three finalist in the Fabri Literary Prize
competition.
Known for her quirky sense of humor, Wendy has written and
sold greeting card copy, and magnet, button and key chain slogans to
social expression companies such as Ephemera Inc., Snafu Designs, Kalan,
Rockshots, Plum Graphics and West Graphics. Wendy has written humorous flash animation scripts and song parodies for Flowgo, Madblast and Smilepop. She co-wrote the script Lumberjacks, part of a Telly Award-winning children's
educational video series. Two of her how-to articles about writing appeared in
the premiere writers' guide The Writers Handbook.
An avid vintage clothing and accessories collector, she is
curator of the handbag museum The Vintage Purse Museum, an online-only exhibit of a massive real-life collection, privately housed in Tucson, Arizona. For
her dual life as a freelance writer and vintage purse aficionado, Wendy was
named one of America's Most Unique Characters in USA Network's Show Us Your
Character competition.
Wendy's current pursuit is researching and documenting vintage handbag facts and bag makers' histories before they are lost to time.
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Links to Some of Wendy's Articles
The Dogged Pursuit of Wine
Latte Love
Eric Burdon
Bob Saget
The Kids Are All Right
Eat More Safely
Extreme Filmmaker Bryan Smith
Chopperfest
Santa Rosa Valley Home
Bob Newhart
Anacapa Homes Offers Affordability
Ojai Wine Festival
Kathy Griffin
Billiwhack Monster of Santa Paula
To Own an Eichler
Tattoo Artist Heather Sinn
Ventura Fashion Week
Content Marketing to Seniors
The Wadsworth Constant in Marketing
A List About Listicles
Wildfires Don't Have a Goat of a Chance
Giving Local Coffee a New Meaning
King of Pop Art Nelson De La Nuez
Dinner Clubs
Go Fig
Kenny Rogers' Last Tour
Tracy Morgan Picks Up the Pieces