Author of over 100 books of fiction, Debbie Macomber has a new claim to fame… Hallmark has recently adapted her Cedar Cove series into a TV serial drama starring Andie Macdowell.
Things didn’t always come so easily for Macomber. She couldn’t read until the age of 10 due to her dyslexia, and always struggled in school. But she kept her passion for storytelling alive despite her reading and writing difficulties — and, 10 years later as a mother of 4 children, she’d set aside 2 hours every day to get ideas down on paper, no matter how busy life felt.
Like many new authors, she faced rejection after rejection from publishers, until one day she got a lucky break. A publisher who had already rejected her work once came back with the word she’d be waiting for… “yes”!
And with that, she was off. To date, Macomber has 136 books to her name, and she’s still going strong!
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Sarah Forrest is Program Manager for the Easyread System, an online course for children struggling with reading, spelling, dyslexia, and related issues. Get a 10-day free trial at www.oxfordlearningsolutions.com
