About Daleen

Daleen Berry is a New York Times bestselling author, investigative journalist, and editor. She’s also an inspirational public speaker who has given a TEDx talk. Daleen began reporting while still in high school. She was selected as her high school’s correspondent, and assigned to write for two local newspapers that she later went to work for, The Preston County Journal/News and The Dominion Post. Daleen received a first-place for investigative journalism from the West Virginia Press Association for her three-part series about health care while reporting for The Preston County Journal/News.

Since then she has written more than 2,000 articles for newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. Her body of work has provided vital insight into the abuse of women and children. This includes preventative measures, criminal court trials of husbands who killed their wives, rape and domestic violence campaigns, and child sexual abuse.

In June 2006, Daleen’s memoir, Sister of Silence, took first place in the “Appalachian Theme” category of the West Virginia Writers’ Competition. In May 2005, she won second place in the M.M. Neely Persuasive Speaking Competition, at Fairmont State University, for her speech regarding child sexual abuse and its link to domestic violence. Daleen also served as editor of The Columns, FSU’s student-run newspaper, during the Fall 2004 semester, where she majored in business management. While serving as editor, she led her staff to a record number of awards in the Society of Collegiate Journalists’ annual competition.

Daleen has also served as editor-in-chief of publications she wrote and published for the West Virginia Deputy Sheriffs’ Association and the West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police. Her work has appeared in many newspapers, including The Charleston Gazette, The Bridgeport News, The Clarksburg Exponent, The Dominion Post, The Tracy Press, The Preston County Journal/News, The Kingsville Record, and The Cumberland Times-News. Daleen was also a stringer for The Associated Press.

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Daleen’s 2015 book, Guilt by Matrimony, about the murder of Aspen socialite, Nancy Pfister, was released November 17. Her memoir, Sister of Silence, is a gripping account about her fight to save herself and her children from domestic violence that also included marital rape—and how journalism set her free. Cheatin’ Ain’t Easy, now in e-book format, is a memoir about the life of Preston County native, Eloise Morgan Milne. The Savage Murder of Skylar Neese (a New York Times bestseller) and Pretty Little Killers , were both released in 2014 and featured in the August 18 issue of People Magazine.

You can find these books online or in print at a bookstore near you, at BenBella Books, Amazon, on iTunes and Barnes and Noble.

Parents who want help recognizing the red flags of sexual child abuse are encouraged to watch Daleen’s TEDx talk, given April 13, 2013, at Connecticut College.

Editor’s Note: Daleen Berry is a New York Times best-selling author and a recipient of the Pearl Buck Award in Writing for Social Change. She has won several other awards, for investigative journalism and her weekly newspaper columns, and her memoir, Sister of Silence, placed first in the West Virginia Writers’ Competition. Daleen speaks about overcoming abuse through awareness, empowerment and goal attainment at conferences around the country. You can read an excerpt of her memoir at Sister of Silence. Check out the five-star review from ForeWord Reviews. Or find out why Kirkus Reviews called Ms. Berry “an engaging writer, her style fluid and easy to read, with welcome touches of humor and sustained tension throughout.”