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Dorothy Garlock

1942 -

Dorothy Garlock has more than 20 million books in print world wide. The author of 49 published books is a native Texan, but considers Clear Lake, Iowa her home since moving here with her husband Herb Garlock Sr. in 1955. The mother of two and grandmother of three started her book-writing career in 1976 after working for 14 years as bookkeeper/columnist for the local newspaper. Always an avid reader and history buff, her success as a novelist came as a complete surprise to her.

She has been written about in almost every major newspaper, interviewed on numerous radio and television shows, baked biscuits the old-fashioned way on national television and was selected Oustanding Western writer for 1986.

Dorothy Garlock's short stories, INTERLUDE IN BIG BEND and BENEATH THE MIDNIGHT SUN, were selected by Universal Press Syndicate to launch the series, DAY DREAMS. A chapter each day, ran in 57 major newspapers for one month.

Dorothy Garlock was one of six authors selected to launch the popular LOVESWEPT LINE for Bantam Books.

Dorothy Garlock's books have been translated into 18 different languages and are published in 36 different countries. She receives mail from all over the world.

The plunge opening, and use of dialogue in Dorothy Garlock's book, A LOVE FOR ALL TIME, was used as an example in the textbook, Writing Romantic Fiction, by Helen Barnhardt, Writer's Digest Press.

With more than 37 books still in print Dorothy Garlock's books have been consistently on the bestseller list, including NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WASHINGTON POST. She had received 21 awards from various magazines and writer's groups.

Warner Books has been her publisher since 1983.

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On Tall Pine Lake
8 editions - first published in 2007 Borrow
Tenderness
7 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow
River rising
5 editions - first published in 2005 Borrow
A Week from Sunday
5 editions - first published in 2007 Borrow
Wild Sweet Wilderness
5 editions - first published in 1985 Borrow
A place called Rainwater
5 editions - first published in 2003 Borrow
Mother Road
5 editions - first published in 2003 Borrow
Forever Victoria
4 editions - first published in 1983 Borrow
Leaving Whiskey Bend
4 editions - first published in 2008 Borrow
River of Tomorrow
4 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow
With song: A Novel of the Tumultuous 1930s (Novel of the Tumultuous 1930's)
4 editions - first published in 1999 Borrow
Dream river
4 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow
Hope's Highway
4 editions - first published in 2004 DAISY
The edge of town
4 editions - first published in 2001 Borrow
Lonesome River
4 editions - first published in 1987 Borrow
A Love for All Time
4 editions - first published in 1983 Borrow
Sins of Summer
4 editions - first published in 1994 Borrow
Annie Lash
3 editions - first published in 1985 Borrow
After the parade
3 editions - first published in 2000 Borrow
More than memory
3 editions - first published in 2001 Borrow
Midnight Blue: Complete and Unabridged
3 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow
Homeplace
3 editions - first published in 1991 Borrow
Nightrose
3 editions - first published in 1990 Borrow
Sweetwater
3 editions - first published in 1998 Borrow
With hope
3 editions - first published in 1999 Borrow
Yesteryear
3 editions - first published in 1995 Borrow
Will You Still Be Mine?
3 editions - first published in 2007 Borrow
With heart
3 editions - first published in 2000 Borrow
Train from Marietta
3 editions - first published in 2006 Borrow
The moon looked down
3 editions - first published in 2009 Borrow
Ribbon in the sky
3 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow
Wishmakers
3 editions - first published in 2006 Borrow
Stay a little longer
2 editions - first published in 2010 Borrow
The listening sky
2 editions - first published in 1996 Borrow
A gentle giving
2 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow
Larkspur
2 editions - first published in 1997 Borrow
Almost Eden
2 editions - first published in 1996 Borrow
Promisegivers
2 editions - first published in 2008 Borrow
Dreamkeepers
2 editions - first published in 2005 Borrow
High On A Hill
2 editions - first published in 2002
Homeplace (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)
1 edition - first published in 1991
The Moon Looked Down
1 edition - first published in 2010
Keep a little secret
1 edition - first published in 2010
After the Parade (Prosecutor Helen West & Detective Geoffrey Balley Mysteries)
1 edition - first published in 2003
Stay a Little Longer
1 edition - first published in 2010
Keep a little secret
1 edition - first published in 2011
Train from Marietta
1 edition - first published in 2006 DAISY
Mother Road
1 edition - first published in 2003
Mother Road (Route 66 1)
1 edition - first published in 2003
A Love for All Time
1 edition - first published in 1983
Love for All Time, A
1 edition - first published in 1995
The Edge of Town (Missouri, Book 1)
1 edition - first published in 2002
Sweetwater
1 edition - first published in 1998
Ternura
1 edition - first published in 1995
Le métis apache
1 edition - first published in 1999
She Wanted Red Velvet
1 edition - first published in 1996
Ppk27 Edge of Town the
1 edition - first published in 2002
Wildes Verlangen
1 edition - first published in 2002
A Week from Sunday
1 edition - first published in 2007
Annie Lash8eDorothy Garlock
1 edition - first published in 1995
With Heart
1 edition - first published in 2000
A Place Called Rainwater (Missouri, Book 3)
1 edition - first published in 2003
Once in her life
1 edition - first published in 2009
Nightrose
1 edition - first published in 1994
A Place Called Rainwater
1 edition - first published in 2003 Borrow
Sins Of Summer
1 edition - first published in 1994 Borrow
Larkspur
1 edition - first published in 1997 Checked out
Glorious Dawn
1 edition - first published in 1992 Borrow
A week from Sunday
1 edition - first published in 2008 DAISY
With hope
1 edition - first published in 1998 Borrow
Sweetwater
1 edition - first published in 1998 Checked out
Yesteryear
1 edition - first published in 1995 Borrow
Lonesome river
1 edition - first published in 1987
Forever, Victoria
1 edition - first published in 1983
Almost Eden
1 edition - first published in 1995
The listening sky
1 edition - first published in 1996
With Heart
1 edition - first published in 1999 Borrow
Forever, Victoria
1 edition - first published in 1983
With Song
1 edition - first published in 1999 Borrow
With heart
1 edition - first published in 1999
Home-Place
1 edition - first published in 1991 Borrow
River of tomorrow
1 edition - first published in 1988 Borrow
Forever, Victoria
1 edition - first published in 1983 Borrow
A week from Sunday
1 edition - first published in 2008 DAISY
The moon looked down
1 edition - first published in 2010 DAISY
The Listening Sky
1 edition - first published in 1996 Borrow
A week from Sunday
1 edition - first published in 2008 DAISY
With hope
1 edition - first published in 1998 Borrow
Come a little closer
1 edition - first published in 2011 DAISY
Annie Lash
1 edition - first published in 1985 Borrow
Wayward wind
1 edition - first published in 1986
The Planting Season
1 edition - first published in 1984
River Rising (Missouri, Book 4)
1 edition - first published in 2006
High On A Hill (Missouri, Book 2)
1 edition - first published in 2002
Hope's Highway (Route 66 2)
1 edition - first published in 2004 DAISY
Amber-eyed man
1 edition - first published in 2005
On Tall Pine Lake
1 edition - first published in 2007 DAISY
By starlight
1 edition - first published in 2012
Come a little closer
1 edition - first published in 2012
Stay a little longer
1 edition - first published in 2010

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1929, 20th century, 1817-1825, 1865-

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Alternative names

Dorothy Glenn
Dorothy Phillips
Johanna Phillips

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