{"death_date": "17 Feb 2022", "personal_name": "Mona D. Sizer", "name": "Mona D. Sizer", "key": "/authors/OL241428A", "birth_date": "22 Oct 1934", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"wikidata": "Q117311872", "isni": "0000000043541406", "viaf": "34053910"}, "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Mona D. Sizer was a teacher, conference speaker and author of fiction and non-fiction works that included biography, history, poetry, memoir and short stories. A Valley native, Sizer was born and raised in Raymondville, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from Texas Woman's University. Starting her career as a teacher, Sizer transitioned to becoming a writer.\r\n\r\nSizer was the author of historical and contemporary romance novels set in the RGV under the pen name Deana James, histories and biographies for Taylor Trade Publishing, a self-published memoir, short stories and contributed to several anthologies.\r\n\r\nSizer was a charter member of the Romance Writers of America\u00ae (RWA), was a member of the Narciso Marquez International Poetry Society and a lifetime member of the writer\u2019s group Valley Byliners.\r\n(Source: Museum of South Texas History)\r\n\r\nMona Dean Sizer wrote historical romances for Zebra as Deana James and a few romances as Rachel Davis."}, "alternate_names": ["Rachel Davis", "Deana James", "Mona D. Sizer", "Dena James"], "latest_revision": 6, "revision": 6, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-06-19T01:17:09.939153"}}