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D.L. Forgard

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When I was young, I loved horses and reading, and I had a vivid imagination. Later I grew up to become a Jesus follower, wife, and homeschooling mom of four who still loves to read, has grown to love coffee (with lots of creamer 😉), and now lives on a mini-farm of my own.

As a girl, I loved to imagine stories—occasionally even writing them down. From the early days of writing about a little girl who lived on a farm with horses, cows, and chickens, to a story I wrote about my cousin’s birthday party for an elementary school assignment, to stories about monsters, suspense, and fear, and landing on stories about love and faith.

But there was one story I never imagined: the one of turning the stories in my head into a career by becoming a publi ...more

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