Articles by Author Deborah Swenson

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 ...

“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 of their personal journey and the importance ...

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, ...

Words No Bars Can Hold, Literacy Learning in Prison by Deborah Appleman, W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. [box] “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 ...

  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 Gardner, characters introduced in Ms. Peone’s ...