Sometimes you have to wonder if there is a shred of decency in the human heart. Framed, the non-fiction collaboration between novelist John Grisham and Jim McClosky of Centurion Ministries, is a shocking exposé of criminal cases in which innocent people went to prison because law enforcement officials deliberately twisted…

  October 2024 Book Releases Happy Friday, Chevron Ross followers! Below you'll find information on newly released books by members of American Christian Fiction Writers. More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW website.   General Contemporary: I’ll Be Home by Darlene L. Turner, by Sara…

The first novel I read about the art of writing was John Irving’s The World According to Garp. One of its most delightful features was Garp’s publisher, who decided which books to accept by trying them out on his cleaning lady. In No Two Persons, Erica Bauermeister takes this idea a…

Today it’s my privilege to feature author Aubrey Taylor. She’s a member of Brave Authors, a Facebook collaboration of Christian fiction writers. Author Background As a child, Aubrey spent countless hours creating characters and writing stories. In 2021, God led her back to her love for writing, coupled with her…

Trust begins not with Chapter One, but in the Table of Contents, which lists four chapters by four different authors. “What’s going on?” you wonder. “I thought the author was Hernan Diaz.” Trust me: Diaz knows what he’s doing in this poignant novel about a Wall Street tycoon and his…

September 2024 Book Releases Happy Friday, Chevron Ross followers! Below you'll find information on newly released books by members of American Christian Fiction Writers. More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW website.   Contemporary General: Kristen by Dawn M Klinge -- In this heartwarming tale,…

Do book lovers have certain things in common? That's the question of the week for the people at Alkira Publishing. Tahlia Newland, who founded the company, has created a short video in which she and designer Rose Newland discuss several characteristics that suggest why we enjoy reading, and how we…

Today it’s my privilege to feature author Z. Peabody. She’s a member of Brave Authors, a Facebook collaboration of Christian fiction writers. Author Profile Peabody and Christian Fiction - Romance A believer in the teachings of Christ, Z. came to Christ at any early age. It was her deep love…

With Loot, Tania James breathes new life into the history of India’s colonization. Her tool is a toymaker eager to learn the skills of an ingenious eighteenth-century mechanic. The toymaker’s tool is an ornately carved tiger. In the waning years of his rule, the sultan of Mysore commissions seventeen-year-old Abbas…

Today it’s my privilege to feature author Priscilla Bettis. She’s a member of Brave Authors, a Facebook collaboration of Christian fiction writers. Priscilla is a former horror author writing her first literary Christian novel. She’s a reviewer at The Well Read Fish and chats about life and writing on X.…