Debbie Macomber Biography

Fast Facts

• World Vision made her its international spokesperson for its Knit for Kids charity initiative
• Won the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America organization
• Wrote her first few manuscripts at her kitchen table on a rented typewriter and amid rejections from publishers, turned to freelance magazine work to earn some money for her family
• Has written over 100 novels about family, community, friendship and romance
• A number of her novels have been adapted into TV movies and TV series, including her "Cedar Cove" series, which was adapted into Hallmark's first scripted television series
• Built an elaborate tree house for her grandchildren in her backyard
• Owns a tea room and a yarn store named after the Victorian Rose Tea Room and A Good Yarn shops featured in her "Blossom Street" novels