Meet Hadley Hoover
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Hadley Hoover was born in the wintry
month of February in a city that truly understands winter: St
Paul MN. She attended first grade in Wildrose ND where she
learned to read. Fond memories of four years in North
Dakota prompted Hadley to write Uncharted Territory,
Hidden Crossing,
and Storm Path--books her readers have
dubbed "The Prairie Rose stories."
Ripple Effect, set at the Divide
County Threshing Show in Crosby ND, completes this series.
The rest of her grade school career
was spent at Adams and Roosevelt grade schools in Aberdeen SD. She
finished out Junior and Senior High at Maurice-Orange City IA public
schools.
Even though she was one of few non-Dutch
students in her high school, those Dutchmen inched their way into
her heart. The prominent characters in
Rough
Terrain, Unguarded Edge,
Late Harvest, Shifting Shadows
and Fallow Fields, are Dutchmen and these books are her tributes to old friends and
good memories.
She received a Bachelor of Science
degree (major: English; minor: Library Science) from Bemidji State College (now
University) and continued on to earn two Master's Degrees from the University of
Minnesota in Education (at Duluth) and Library Science (in Minneapolis.)
Hadley married Kendall--a California
native--in June 1979. They have lived in California's
romantic San Joaquin Valley which is featured in Miles Apart and
actually followed the same roads that form the basis for Molly's trip with a
frustrating passenger cross-country from California to Minnesota. It's a
very long drive! When Hadley needed a famous person for her North Dakota
novels, she "borrowed" the Miles Apart hero, making this story a
prequel to the Prairie Rose stories for those purists among her readers who
like to read things "in order"!
It comes as no surprise to her readers
that Hadley's favorite place on earth is the California coast.
Prevailing Winds is set in Mendocino
County, while
Rogue Wave
and Shaky Ground are set in San Luis Obispo and Mendocino.
Hadley set her mystery Off Track
in Milford, Utah and Rochester, Minnesota, surely one of the more unexpected combinations
in fiction! After that "first" popular title, the second in the Milford
Mysteries series is Water Marks, set in
Milford, Iowa. This will be Hoover's 15th novel.
The Hoover's home is full of books as
befits a former English teacher, librarian, and editor . . . and all-around
avid reader herself. Hadley writes full-time.
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