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I write historical fiction about the development of the American West. Here’s a brief description of my series:

Lead Me Home is a tale of a couple on a wagon train journey along the Oregon Trail in 1847. Now I’m Found follows this couple through the early years of the California Gold Rush. Forever Mine tells the story of another couple who meet and fall in love on the same 1847 wagon train.

My Hope Secured, relates how two Oregon pioneers thrown together by necessity create a family together. Safe Thus Far, follows a young boy’s coming of age in Oregon during the Civil War. And my newest novel, When Heart Shall Fail, looks at a woman trying to find her way out of a horrible marriage and back to the man she once loved.

I hope you enjoy my novels.

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Follow the Journey

Lead Me Home

Now I'm found

forever mine

my hope secured

safe thus far

when heart shall fail

I’ve earned several awards for my writing, including winning the Missouri Indie Author Project for Lead Me Home and multiple honors from the Missouri Writers Guild and the Oklahoma Writers Federation. My works, such as When Heart Shall Fail and My Hope Secured, have been nominees for prestigious awards like the Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award. When Heart Shall Fail won the 2024 Best Fiction Award from the Missouri Writers Guild.

To learn more about my journey and accomplishments, feel free to explore further!

reviews

Lead Me Home chronicles the history of a wagon train, in the 1840s, traveling toward Oregon from the Midwest. The story has well-developed characters who overcome many hardships and grow in strength as the months go by. . . . Ms. Hupp had to have spent many, many hours and days researching . . . . [T]the reader can only describe Lead Me Home as remarkable! A great read.

Lead Me HomeAmazon Review

It was well worth the wait -- for Theresa Hupp's Now I'm Found, the sequel to Lead Me Home. . . . Mac and Jenny are made for each other -- but will they ever get together? . . . Clearly, Hupp has done extensive research on both the difficulties of traveling the Oregon Trail, and prospecting for gold in the California mountains. The descriptions of those closely-related periods of history are exciting backgrounds for a tender love story.

Now I'm FoundAmazon Review

. . . Theresa Hupp gives her readers a realistic picture of the adventure and hardship inherent in a wagon train trek across the country on the Oregon Trail in the 1800's. As young love struggles to find its way despite family tensions and difficulties, the romantic element adds to a portrayal of the intimate personal lives of the adventurers. . . .

Forever MineAmazon Review