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This is where the story begins

Living in the Pacific NW, I love to write anything with a western theme. After a fulfilling career in health care, I decided to turn my writing of technical nursing books to Western Romance fiction. Join me on this journey, “Where the Story Begins.”

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For Those Who Served, May We Always Remember

  I am not writing this to wax political, but to give honor where honor is due. No matter your personal or political beliefs, today, November 11th, is Veterans Day, a day for honoring our military veterans; those brave men and women who proudly served ...
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Awards Presented to Deborah Swenson

Till My Last Day, Book Two in the Desert Hills Trilogy was named an
Honorable Mentions in the Genre Fiction category of the 2024 32nd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards.

Till My Last Day, Book Two in the Desert Hills Trilogy Is Short-Listed for the Written in the Northwest’s Inagural 2024 SPRUCE Award

Till My Last Day, Book Two in the Desert Hills Trilogy Has been Long-Listed for the 2024 CIBA Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Category.

2021 CIBA Finalist for the LARAMIE Book Awards for Best Americana & Western Fiction.​

2021 CIBA First Place Award for the CHATELAINE for Romantic Fiction.

2022 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards First Place for Book Cover

2022 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalist for Romantic Fiction