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It’s a natural for Gloria Zachgo to write stories with Kansas settings. She grew up on a farm in Lincoln County, where she attended one of the last one-room schoolhouses in the country. After graduating from Brown Mackie Business School, she married her high school sweetheart.
Living out of state for several years, Gloria and her husband moved back to their Kansas roots. While their children were young, she ran a small business out of their home. It was when her children left the nest, that she pursued a lifelong dream and took various art lessons.
Always wanting to learn new things she joined a creative writing group in 2006, and soon found she had a passion for writing fictional short stories. One particular short story was written on the ...more

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	The Rocking Horse 3.95 avg rating — 179 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
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message 7: by Gloria

Feb 11, 2015 07:01AM

Only four days left to enter my giveaway of five books for my newest novel 'NEVER WASTE TEARS".

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message 6: by Gloria

Jan 27, 2015 01:59PM

First let me say"Thank You" to everyone who has supported me in the past. Your feed back is my motivation.

I have a new book out titled "Never Waste Tears". You can enter a giveaway for a chance to win.

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message 5: by Gloria

Jun 23, 2014 01:50PM

The giveaway for The Rocking Horse is over. Congratulations to each of the five Goodreads members who won an autographed book. Their copies are in the mail.

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message 4: by Gloria

Oct 18, 2012 05:43AM

Hello Karen,
You are very welcome, and thanks for asking. Sounds like our debut novels came out about the same time. I never knew I wanted to an author, but now that I've got a book out, it has let me meet the most wonderful and interesting people.

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message 3: by Karen

Oct 18, 2012 03:24AM

Hello Gloria, and thank you for accepting the friend request!!!

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message 2: by Gloria

Dec 16, 2011 04:12PM

Thanks Ange, Yes, the reviews have been great. I hope you enjoy it too.
Gloria

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message 1: by Ange

Dec 15, 2011 08:31PM

The reviews I've read on The Rocking Horse are wonderful for you! I cannot wait to read it :)

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