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K.L. Emanuelson

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K.L. Emanuelson fell in love with Westerns while watching all the old shows and movies with her beloved Gramps. After she got out of the U.S. Army, she was a working cowgirl, horse trainer and riding instructor, both in her home state of Wisconsin and in Colorado.

Influences are the late authors, Dorothy M. Johnson and Lewis B. Patten. Contemporary authors of American frontier fiction that she enjoys are Karen Wills and Ralph Cotton.

She shares her ranch with her horses, dogs, cats and amazing wildlife.

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