I'm a wife, mother, and author. I've been writing stories since I learned to put the alphabet down on paper and form words. Books and writing were pure escapism for a young girl growing up in rural Appalachia. Back then, we had an unending supply of westerns on tv and at the movies. It was great stuff and I became fascinated with all things to do with the Old West. I guess it was because it was the last untamed era in this country and, in many regions, each man was the law unto himself. The times were often brutal, but wildly romantic in a young girl's imagination. Best of all, the good guys always won.
While still in my teens, I started reading everything I could find by Zane Grey (that man was a true romantic at heart) and Louis Lamour. Then, during the early eighties, I stumbled across my first western historical romance. I was hooked. I'd found the best of both worlds--great westerns and steamy romance. It seemed only natural that when I began to get serious about my writing, I turned to my favorite genre--the western historical.
I've lived from one end of the country to the other and on all three US coasts. For nearly ten years, I lived my dream of cowboys and horses on a ten acre mini-ranch in Texas. These days, I'm back home in the hills where I live with my husband and our two grown children.
Although I no longer venture far from home, my passion for the west and those dashing sagebrush heroes remains as strong as ever. I hope you enjoy reading about my heroes and heroines of the Old West as much as I love writing about them.
Dee Gibbens
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2012-05-04
Hey Devon. Good to meet you. I love making new friends on the net that share my love of books and writing. Look forward to meeting and making many new friends here.
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Amber Lea Easton
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2012-04-07
Thanks for the friendship! I look forward to knowing you. ?Have a good night!?
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Hywela Lyn
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2012-04-03
Great to see 'see' you again too, Devon, gosh, I hadn't realised it was five years though!
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Devon Matthews
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2012-04-03
Hi Lyn! It's good to "see" you. :) I made the new cover and republished. Glad you found me. Hope you're doing well and glad to see you're still publishing.
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Hywela Lyn
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2012-04-03
Thanks for accepting my friend request - and I LOVE the new cover for 'Angel In The Rain.?'? I haven't seen this one before, it seems so long ago that I read the orginal!
Lyn
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