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Dixie Swanson

Born

in San Antonio TX, The United States

January 01, 1900

Website

http://www.dixieswanson.com

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

Influences

Winston S. Churchill, Susan Isaacs, Martha Dukes Yow, MD, E.B. White ...more

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I read like you breathe and after nearly a lifetime of inhaling books, it is time for me to write a few.

I'm a native Texan, but have lived in Washington, D.C. where I worked for a very influential lobbyist. then I went to Boston for four years, returning to Texas after that. We try to spend the summers in Maine.

I had two successful careers as a pediatrician and a television health reporter (and was taking writing classes because I was bored) when systemic lupus rather rudely ended both my careers. It sent me into the half-lit world of the chronically ill.

I can't dance and I sure can't sing, but I can write. It's time for me to put the books I've been writing in my head onto paper.

A portion of my sales goes to UNICEF, the United Nations ...more

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Hi friends,

I've enjoyed starting my blogs on Goodreads, it's a great site and I will stay active here, but I want to invite everyone to follow my writing on www.dixieswanson.com. I'll be writing about contemporary issues. You can buy my books on this site (The Accidental Senator and The Accidental Presdident, and, in the fall, The Accidental President Returns).

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Average rating: 4.1 · 115 ratings · 50 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The Accidental Senator, Vol 1 in the Accidental President , A Political Fable for Our Time 4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accidental President, Volume 2 in the Accidental President Trilogy: A Political Fable for Our Time 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accidental President Returns (The Accidental President Trilogy, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accidental President: A Political Fable 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accidental Senator: A Political Fable 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a War 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What We Must Do: A Novel of Resilience really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a War : Women in Wartime liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a War: Women in War 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giselle: From Paris to the Third Reich 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A woman's life is never a fairy tale ... neither is war.”
― Dixie Swanson, Once Upon a War

tags: historical-fiction

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“No good deed goes unpunished. Do one anyway.”
― Dixie Swanson

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“Swanson's First Law of Directions: Those who can read, don't.”
― Dixie Swanson

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