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.”
Women Writing the West Annual 2026 Conference
Awards Presented to Deborah Swenson
Till My Last Day won first place in
the CIBA Book Cover 2025 Awards.
Till My Last Day – 2025 Fiction Cover Awards Winner
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 2024 CIBA First Place Award for the CHATELAINE for Romantic Fiction
Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy 2024 CIBA First Place Award for Best Book Cover
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
