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AUTHOR PROFILE



DILL MCLAIN
Female
1949
Zurich
Switzerland
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Born on November 30, 1949, in Zurich, Switzerland, where she lives with her husband Alan Bruce Thompson. After commercial education and more than forty years in professional life in various branches, she began to write short stories in English, which she publishes regularly online on the site www.storystar.com.
The Cuban author Manuel Olivera Gómez translates her short stories into Spanish.

Collections of short stories:
2016 A medianoche en Adra / 2018 At midnight in Adra
2021 Amalia en la lluvia / 2023 Amalia in the rain

Novels:
2015 Nieves perpetuas en Almería / 2017 Snowfields in Almeria
2020 Drachenschüsselnacht (novela policíaca, Edition Lagarto)

Books for children:
2017 Sophie in the valley wind
2018 Sofía en el viento del valle
2018 Sofía en el viento andaluz
2021 Sophie in the Andalusian wind
2019 Sophie dans le vent de la vallée 2019 Sofie im Talwind /
2021 索菲在山谷风中
2024 Sofie im Wind von Andalusien (produced by BoD)

Booklet in two languages:
2020 劳拉和披萨送货员 Laura y el mensajero de pizza

All her books – apart from the crime novel – are produced by Editorial Círculo Rojo and available in paperback and epub at many online retailers.

Dill McLain is a passionate traveler, dedicated to the culture and art of the world. She loves music above all, likes to read literature in original languages and daydreaming.



Dill McLain is a member of:
-- IWWG International Women's Writing Guild
-- Zurich Writers Association (Zürcher Schriftsteller/innen-Verband ZSV)

http://www.universolamaga.com/sofia-en-el-viento/
http://www.universolamaga.com/medianoche-adra-dill-mclain/


August 2025
dillmclain@gmail.com

AUTHOR’S STORIES

Käterli has enough By Dill McLain

But the stars were witnesses...

Legal Afternoon By Dill McLain

How an inheritance hearing ends in a hellish session...

The Night of the Rollator By Dill McLain

Be surprised by what else a rollator can do!

Nuts in the tram number 6 By Dill McLain

Nibbling on nuts together can result in a great friendship

Hairy Harry By Dill McLain

Why an older man suddenly developed a passion for a strange dog...

Frozen on Key Largo By Dill McLain

Two glaciologists find unexpected happiness on Key Largo...

Mighty Mayor By Dill McLain

A new career for an unusual Casanova...

Toothless in Cobán By Dill McLain

An unexpected wonder of a great journey...

Capuns By Dill McLain

Just a few nice words can do so much, even rejuvenate...

Fountain Diving in Valencia By Dill McLain

Appearance is not that what matters...

Marietta By Dill McLain

How a tram, a curve and tomatoes created a wonderful surprise...

It started with roasted chestnuts By Dill McLain

A seventy-three year old widower on his Sunday morning stroll, in times of Coronavirus, finds unexpected happiness...

Will you be my new grandfather? By Dill McLain

Merwyn, 75 and lonely widower, bored to death, has a life-changing encounter on a parking lot ...

Rainy Amalia By Dill McLain

She was on a cruise around South America, hoping to find a new partner, and then ...

Gathering at the fig tree By Dill McLain

Job lost, left by partner, she ended up in the deep province as a postwoman, then one day …

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