Agnes Alexander

Though my first western historical romance was published in 2012, I had written books in the romantic suspense and cozy mystery genre.

I think my childhood influenced me to begin writing in the western genre. When we were children, my brother and I spent many hours riding our corn stalk horses over the hills and hollows of my grandparents' farm playing cowboys. Often we'd shoot it out with outlaws with our tree limb rifles or our crooked root guns. Again we'd round up our cattle, which most often was our grandma's one milk cow, and pretend to herd them into the pasture. We steered clear of our grandpa's mule, though. He had a tendency to kick so we regulated him to being the mount the rustlers or other bad guy rode in on.

My father, who after retirement read as many as five western books a week until his death, often told me I should write a western. I decided to try it and I can only say, now that I've started writing in the genre, I think I've found my place in the writing world.

Though Fiona's Journey was my first western historical it was wasn't my first novel. I have 20 previous books published. (Some of them are now out of print.)

I live in my home state of North Carolina, but have been fortunate enough to travel extensively in the US, Canada, and Mexico. I have visited 48 of the 50 states and have the other 2 on my bucket list. When I'm not reading or writing I enjoy making jewelry, going to the movies, and I'm especially happy when I'm spoiling my two grandchildren, Trent and Blaire.