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Christy Award Finalist: Drawn by the Current
Finalists for the Christy Award were announced today, and I am thrilled and honored that Drawn by the Current was among them. There are actually four finalists in the historical fiction category, rather than three, since there was a tie between two of them. So many author friends are finalists this year! The Christy Award® is the foremost award honoring and promoting excellence in Christian fiction since 1999, and is named for Catherine Marshall’s novel, Christy, which has...
9+ Books to Take Me Back to England
At the end of August, my family took a trip to England. It was a whirlwind of a trip (notice I don’t use the word “vacation”) and we saw so much in just a short amount of time! Even though we were exhausted upon returning, I wasn’t ready to stop thinking about and spending time in that great country.
Books are a wonderful way to travel! Thankfully, I have many at home that can whisk me back across the sea. Just in case you’d like to go, too, here are a few books for each of the main places we visited.
New Stickers Available!
It may have taken me almost a year to get around to this project, but I finally did it. These whimsical white vinyl stickers feature a stack of six books bearing the titles of my novels with Bethany House, topped with steaming cup of tea or coffee (who can tell?). The titles are: The Mark of the King, A Refuge Assured, ...
Cover Reveal: The Metropolitan Affair
Introducing The Metropolitan Affair, releasing March 14, 2023! This is the first in a new three-book series called On Central Park. Available for pre-order now! Visit this page for all purchase options so far.
Here's the book description:
For years her explorer father promised Dr. Lauren Westlake she'd accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. But as the empty promises mounted, Lauren determined to earn her own way. Now the assistant curator of Egyptology for...
Scrapbook: Novel-Tea Evening with the Authors
What a joy it was to be joined by four other authors and a few dozen readers on April 23 for the Novel-Tea Evening with the Authors! We held this event at the Palmer House hotel in Chicago, since I was already there hosting a weekend-long Windy City Saga Tour. (Read more about that here.) After a few years of barely any in-person events due to the pandemic, it was even sweeter to be able to gather in one room and talk about books and writing over tea. Every attendee was given a gift plus a...
The Windy City Saga Tour Report!
From April 21-24, 2022, I had the absolute pleasure of leading a group of twenty+ readers through Chicago to see the sites from all three novels in The Windy City Saga! This covered sites seen in Veiled in Smoke (Great Fire of 1871), Shadows of the White City (World's Fair of 1893), and Drawn by...
New Videos: A Chat with the Eastland Disaster Historical Society
My latest release, Drawn by the Current, revolves around a lesser-known major event known as the Eastland Disaster. This was Chicago's largest loss-of-life disaster in its entire history, and yet relatively few people have heard the tragic story. In these videos, I sit down with...
Meet Us In Chicago!
Do you live in the Chicago area, or within a reasonable driving distance of it? Then this is for you! I've put together a multi-author event as the grand finale to The Windy City Saga Tour. So many wonderful authors agreed to participate I decided we couldn't just keep this to ourselves. So we are opening this up to any reader who can join us.
We are pleased to present A Novel-Tea Evening with the Authors at Chicago's historic Palmer House Hilton Hotel, at 8:00pm, Saturday, April 23,...
What is a Release Day Like for an Author?
Over the course of my writing career, people have often asked me what a release day is like. It really varies. Some years, I’ve had Facebook launch parties with trivia, give-aways, and games. A few times I’ve just done live videos on Facebook. One year I had an actual launch party in person at my favorite local tea shop. That was for A Refuge Assured, and it was probably my favorite launch.
Meet Us in Chicago! Multi-author Event
Do you live in the Chicago area, or within a reasonable driving distance of it? Then this is for you! I've put together a multi-author event as the grand finale to The Windy City Saga Tour. So many wonderful authors agreed to participate I decided we couldn't just keep this to ourselves. So we are opening this up to any reader who can join us.
We are pleased to present A Novel-Tea Evening with the Authors at Chicago's historic Palmer House Hilton Hotel, at 8:00pm, Saturday, April 23,...
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