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Delores Topliff

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Delores Topliff is from Washington State near the Columbia River where she wanted to operate a houseboat library for residents without books. That and the entry of a Japanese submarine into the Columbia during WWII inspired her debut novel, Books Afloat. She married a Canadian so enjoys U.S. and Canadian citizenships. She teaches online for the University of Northwestern-St. Paul, Minnesota near her two doctor sons and families. She brags on five amazing grandchildren and is something she didn’t think she’d be—a snowbird dividing her year between Minnesota and Northeastern Mississippi, staying busy both places writing, speaking, and teaching. She loves her grandchildren and travel. Find blogs, books, and more at delorestopliff.com and on Fa ...more

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Delores Topliff From growing up along the Columbia River, loving our small local library, but feeling sorry for residents along the river who had no libraries. As a k…moreFrom growing up along the Columbia River, loving our small local library, but feeling sorry for residents along the river who had no libraries. As a kid, I told my librarian I wanted get a houseboat, convert it into a library, and float up and down the river taking books to people there. The story grew from there, especially after I learned that in WWII a Japanese I-25 submarine really did enter the Columbia River!(less)
Delores Topliff Being surprised and very pleased to have one of my history-based character's living 4th and 5th generation real-life relatives contact me and then to …moreBeing surprised and very pleased to have one of my history-based character's living 4th and 5th generation real-life relatives contact me and then to meet and become very good friends with them. They are related to Marguerite Wadin McKay McLoughlin, heroine of my Wilderness Wife book, and they have extensive family records. Meeting and knowing them is the most fun I've had in my writing career yet. And now I'm writing the sequel to that book tentatively named Wilderness Gained.(less)
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Wilderness Wife

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Books Afloat (Columbia Rive...

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Strong Currents

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End-of-Summer Blessings

It seems like I’m constantly posting on social media, so I can’t explain why it’s been so long since my last update. My out-of-state friends did fly here so we could drive together to Ontario to visit mutual friends. That was wonderful. Time in northwestern Ontario also blessed me since that’s where part of the true history of my Wilderness Wife book takes place, and now I’m writing its sequel. A

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