Articles by Author Deborah Swenson

  I'm so excited that I just have to share this good news. It's every author's hope & dream that 1) the book that you've poured your heart and soul into will sell, and 2) you receive favorable reviews from readers. Well, within 30 minutes of posting the...

Author Candace Simar, a native Minnesotan, breathes life into her characters by giving the reader a glimpse of Minnesota's early frontier. As a Spur and Willa award winning author, member of Women Writing the West and Western Writers of America, Ms. Simar commences her main character, Evan Jacobson's journey as he arrives in Minnesota with little but the clothes on his back. Poignantly describing Evan's hopes, dreams, and challenges of becoming his own man, a husband, father, landowner, and farmer, Candace leaves no prairie stone unturned in telling this well-written story.  

I am super excited to finally announce my debut novel, Till My Last Breath, will be released in October 2020. Till My Last Breath is a Western Romance of passion that knows no boundaries, and centuries divide two lives destined to be together. This is where their story begins . .

The Sons of Philo Gaines by Michael R. Ritt. Published by Gale, A Cengage Company.  Available November 2020. Many years ago, my father shared his Louis L ’Amour and Zane Gray books with me, instilling a love and fond relationship with Westerns. I can honestly say...

"The Unexpected Gift, Profiles in Courage from Cancer Survivorship" by Novant Health, 2020. This book contains twentyone first-person essays that profile courageous men and women with various forms of cancer. From diverse backgrounds, ages, and cultures, they tell...

The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline, A Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and the Creation of Buffalo Bill, by Award Winning Author and Historian, Julia Bricklin, TwoDot Publishing. 

The Wait Is Almost Over After years of breathing life into Emily and Caleb, they are finally ready to take the leap into the literary world in my debut novel, Till My Last Breath. As Betty D. might say, "It's been a bumpy ride." Still, during all this time, I never...

Words No Bars Can Hold, Literacy Learning in Prison by Deborah Appleman, W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. "This is the creative life - what Oscar Wilde called the long lovely suicide. If prison is a trapdoor at rock bottom, then writing is the mortar in...

  Deborah's Book Review  Lillian's Legacy: Gardner Sibling Trilogy by award winning author Carmen Peone is a heartwarming and inspirational story of Lillian Gardner's journey in her coming of age. Lillian is one of three children of Phillip and Elizabeth...