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Deborah Heal

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in Eldorado, Illinois, The United States

May 20

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Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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I was born in Eldorado, Illinois (Be sure to pronounce that with a long A.) but grew up in Woodburn, a tiny village in Macoupin County. We lived in a house over 100 years old and I often wondered about the people who had lived there so long before.

My husband Bob and I farmed and raised a family there in Macoupin County. When the kids were old enough I went back to college, majoring in English with a minor in Creative Writing. Afterwards, I taught high school English, including creative writing, composition, grammar, and literature. I loved teaching young people, except for grading compositions of writers who didn't want to write, leaving me no time to do what I had always wanted to do—write.

I remember one time when I was four. I scribbled ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 2,955 ratings · 423 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Time and Again (History Mystery, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 1,582 ratings — 6 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
	Unclaimed Legacy (History Mystery #2) 4.16 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Every Hill and Mountain (History Mystery #3) 4.30 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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 Again (Rewinding Time, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Time and Again Series Boxed Set (History Mystery #1-3) 4.41 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2014	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
	Only One Way Home (Rewinding Time, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Holding On (Love Blooms at Bethel #1) 4.57 avg rating — 86 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
	How Sweet the Sound (Rewinding Time #3) 4.35 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	A Matter of Time (The Rewinding Time #4) 4.53 avg rating — 73 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
	More Than Meets the Eye (Rewinding Time, #5) 4.50 avg rating — 68 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

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Drift (Rachel Hatch #1)

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Under Her Care

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The Good News We Almost Forgot: Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism

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“desire to learn is one of the things that distinguishes man from other animals. And when that desire is completely gone, that person has become something less than human.”
― Deborah Heal, Time and Again

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“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all.”
― Richard Wright, Black Boy

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message 4: by Maxie

Oct 20, 2013 03:31PM

think I'll skip the contest Deborah if have to send an email for everyone.
Sorry!

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message 3: by Karen

Oct 19, 2012 05:07PM

Hello Deborah, thank you so much for accepting the friend request! Your author profile is awesome! Love your story of how you began!!!

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message 2: by L

Sep 25, 2012 07:29AM

Dear Deborah,
I would like to thank you for your friendship request. I am very much looking forward to your blog tour, and i do hope that i will have the oportunity of reading some of your work at some point as both time and time again & unclaimed legacy look really interesting.
Thank you once again, from an aspiring writer.
Lucinda x

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message 1: by Beth

Dec 10, 2011 08:57AM

Hi Debbie,
Welcome to Goodreads and thanks for befriending me here!

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