About Conversations from a Page

Meeting by chance and paired by luck, Cindy and Krista began their years-long friendship separately selected to work together as co-chairs for a school leadership position. What started out as a fulfilling, easy-going, one-time partnership with each bringing unique yet complimentary strengths to the opportunity soon resulted in a successfully rewarding year together for themselves and the school they served. The friendship nurtured and grew to where the two actively (and happily!) sought each other for continued co-chair leadership positions for the next year. It became a fun friendship fact origin story—someone always had a new idea to jump into if the other was game! Working side-by-side on all these distinct opportunities, Cindy and Krista stumbled upon a common joy for all things reading and book-related as well as a fondness for sharing their time and space with good friends, like their West U Wonders Book Club. In a moment of part inspiration, part revelation and realizing that they could merge these shared interests including Cindy’s passion for bookstagramming, book reviewing and bookselling plus Krista’s enjoyment and satisfaction with welcoming people into her home for warm community and inclusive friendship, Conversations from a Page was born. This marriage of ideas brings together a community of readers with new and established authors alike sharing their current releases in a personal, welcoming, and casual atmosphere where relaxation and conversation take center stage before busy life takes over. 

Together, Cindy and Krista are excited to offer these Conversation from a Page opportunities throughout the year highlighting talent to bring into Houston.

Meet Cindy Burnett

Cindy Burnett is the host of the Thoughts from a Page Podcast where she interviews authors about their latest works. An avid reader and book reviewer, Cindy loves to talk about books everywhere she can. In addition to hosting her podcast, she actively promotes books she loves on social media including Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Cindy writes two book columns for The Buzz Magazines, Buzz Reads and Page Turners, and reviews books monthly for Bookreporter.com. She is also a co-creator of Conversations from a Page, a Houston author event series that brings authors and readers together in a relaxed and welcoming setting; the group recently added an online book club as well. As a SheReads.com contributor, she writes "best of" book articles in the genres of historical fiction, non-fiction and mysteries. In addition to reading, Cindy loves theatre, art, movies, National parks, travel, and hiking in Colorado during the summer.

Meet Krista Hensel

Krista currently can be found in Houston preparing her recent twin high school graduates for college, while sneaking in as much texting (and quick phone calls!) as possible with her rising college senior up in the northeast, and hanging out with her husband preparing to be empty-nesters. When she isn’t prioritizing being Mom, Krista looks forward to filling her now open schedule with meaningful volunteering, maintaining her physical therapy license through continuing ed, searching for motivation to swim, peloton/spin and lift weights for fitness (so she can eat like she did in college), and flirting with a serious return to open water competitions with her husband- which supplanted triathlons over the past decade. A former Div I collegiate swimmer for The University of Kansas, Krista enjoys hanging out, laughing, and meeting old and new friends for anything in a coffee shop. She cherishes traveling with her family (although it will now take the form of traveling TO her family at three different north colleges to cheer on her kids at their college swim meets!), maybe chasing the elusive black line on the bottom of the pool herself, and throwing some serious gym weight around. Like all book enthusiasts, she covets blocking out the noise of the world with a good book before crashing at night, and vows to continue to spend as much precious time as possible with family and friends- both new and established- however and whenever she can. Krista will be the first to welcome you at the salons and the last to bid you farewell until the next one.

Special Thanks…

Website design by Sheryl Moore (contact)

Logo design by Elizabeth Gentry (elizabethcgentry@gmail.com)

Paper flower artwork by Brittany Lapiska (Etsy store: PipersPaperPetals; Instagram: @pipers_paper_petals)