First Place Winner in historical fiction in the Purple Dragonfly Awards for excellence in children's literature, and named a U.P. Notable Classic.
Feel like you are in the moment nearly 100 years ago with a young girl, daughter of Finnish immigr
With Charter to Redemption in print, the author awaits publication of the intriguing sequel.
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The author was born and raised within a cooee of the Hunter Valley vineyards, New South Wales, Australia, and this is where she makes her home, along with her youngest children, and husband Paul.
Learning age-old crafts like spinning, milking and cheese making have not only been a passion and way of life, but are indicative of the author's yearning for the simpler things of yesteryear. It's cottage industry knowledge like this that help D J Blackmore keep details of these bygone tasks authentic in her writing. Currenlty awaiting the publication of Quinn's Folly, the sequel to Charter to Redemption, she looks forward to sharing more of her work.
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Birth Place
Kurri Kurri, Australia
Accomplishments
Finalist in Contemporary Romance Writers Opening Hook Competition for
'Central to Nowhere.'
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