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Margaret Dardess

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Albany, New york, The United States

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http://www.margaretdardess.com/

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Fiction, Children's, Thriller

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Margaret Dardess has always loved stories, especially about people who came before her and events that happened in the past. That love led her to study history in college and graduate school. After a varied career as an attorney, corporate executive, and university administrator, and following the publication of her first book, BRUTAL SILENCE, a thriller, she is writing historical fiction for kids.

BOWERS AND SHADY, her first children’s novel, is a middle-grade adventure, written for readers, ages 10 through 13. Set in the fictitious town of Green Valley, Colorado on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in the post-Civil War era, it is the story of a friendship between a thirteen-year-old Iowa farm boy and an orphaned Irish girl on a mis ...more

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Hi Ms. Margaret! Can't wait for your new novel to be released! I am so curious to know if you would ever dive into writing a romance novel perhaps?

Margaret Dardess I love to read them, but have never tried to write one. You have given me inspiration to try!
You'll be the first to know when I publish.…moreI love to read them, but have never tried to write one. You have given me inspiration to try!
You'll be the first to know when I publish.(less)

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Margaret Dardess Great question! My new book Bowers and Shady carries me to the fictitious town of Green Valley on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. I'd walk t…moreGreat question! My new book Bowers and Shady carries me to the fictitious town of Green Valley on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. I'd walk the rowdy streets, stop by the Buckhorn Saloon for a bowl of venison stew, and join the Marshall in search for the robbers who made off with gold from Wells Fargo.(less)

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