Articles by Author Deborah Swenson

2021-2022 CIBA Awards & Conference
"Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy is a CIBA Finalist for the Laramie Award and the Chatelaine Award. Winners to be announced at the CIBA Conference on June 23-26, 2022.

“Hardland, A Novel” by Ashley E. Sweeney
From the very first sentence in this gripping novel, "God created the heavens and earth, or so I've been told," Ms. Sweeney immediately pulls the reader into Ruby Fortune's tumultuous life, and one can't help being curious about what lies ahead in this powerful tale...

“Till My Last Breath” Has Moved Forward in the Chatelaine & Laramie Book Awards as a CIBA Semi-Finalist
One More Exciting Step in My Writing Journey FINALISTS AND WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON JUNE 25, 2022 Thank you, CIBA Judges for this wonderful honor. These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Short List...

Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy Moves to the 2021 CIBA’s Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Short List
The Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Romantic Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs). Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new...

Work Jerks, How to Cope with Difficult Bosses & Colleagues by Louise Carnachan
I received an Advance Reader Copy (ARC) to read and review Carnachan’s book, Work Jerks, How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues. This is an engaging and identifiable book I wished had been available during my healthcare career. It would have been a...

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“Till My Last Breath” is a Short List Finalist for the CIBA “Laramie Award”
The following titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALS of the 2021 Laramie Book Awards novel competition for Americana Fiction!

Join Me for “Author Talk” a Free Zoom Event
Author Talk with Jane Coletti Perry, author of “Marcello’s Promise” and Deborah Swenson, author of “Till My Last Breath”, a unique format with the authors discussing each other’s book.

Book Review: “Imperfect Promise” by Susanna Lane
I was given the opportunity to read and review an advanced reader's copy of Imperfect Promise by Susanna Lane when I found myself so immersed in the story Ms. Lane crafted for her debut novel, that I didn't want to put it down, and completed it in two evenings....