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With more than 100 million copies of her books in print worldwide and her novels translated into twenty-three languages, Debbie Macomber is one of today's leading voices in romance and women's fiction. Readers clamor for her heartwarming books about small-town life, home and family, women who knit, enduring friendship and even stories of humorous angels with earthly missions.
Debbie loves to tell the story of her struggle to get published, and the five-year search to find a publisher who would buy one of her manuscripts. Dyslexic and the mother of four young children, she wrote those early books in her kitchen on a rented typewriter. But her hard work and determination paid off. Her first manuscript, HEARTSONG, acquired by Silhouette Books in 1982, became the first category romance ever to be reviewed by the Publishers Weekly. She was soon featured in Newsweek—and demand for her books quickly exceeded her wildest dreams.
Debbie is best known for her ability to create compelling characters and bring their stories to life in her books. Drawing on her own experiences and those of her family and friends, she demonstrates an almost uncanny ability to see into the souls of women and to express their emotions, values and concerns. In every book her sense of humor enlivens her writing.
In 2005 Debbie's dedication to the writing craft-and to her loyal readers-brought her the first-ever "people's choice" Quill Award for Romance for 44 CRANBERRY POINT, the fourth book in her popular Cedar Cove series. The winner of a RITA®, romance publishing's "Oscar," for her 2005 holiday hardcover, THE CHRISTMAS BASKET, Debbie celebrated a new career milestone in September 2007 when the seventh book in her Cedar Cove series, 74 SEASIDE AVENUE, scored #1 on the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today and Bookscan bestseller lists.
Another popular Debbie Macomber series-the Blossom Street books-revolves around a charming neighborhood on the Seattle waterfront. Her 2008 hardcover in the series, TWENTY WISHES, debuted in the #3 slot on the New York Times list.
In July 2007, Debbie threw out the first pitch in a Seattle Mariners game at Safeco Field. In 2008, Leisure Arts, publishers of the "Knit Along with Debbie" pattern booklets, launched a complete line of Debbie Macomber knitting notions. All Debbie's profits from the sale of the pattern booklets and the knitting notions go to charity.
Debbie and her husband, Wayne, live in Washington State and winter in Florida. When not writing, she enjoys knitting for and gardening with her grandchildren.
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