Featured Author Interview: DeAnna Julie Dodson

DeAnna Julie Dodson is the author of The Chastelayne Trilogy, and as Julianna Deering is the author of the Drew Farthering Mysteries.

DeAnna is a Dallas native and has lived in North Texas all her life. Although her degree is in business, her real interest has always been in literature, music and the fine arts.

Medieval English history, Shakespeare, and cozy mysteries such as Agatha Christie are particular favorites of hers and, along with her Christian faith, have most influenced her medieval series The Chastelayne Trilogy and her English cozy series, The Drew Farthering Mysteries, as well as her contemporary mysteries for Annie's Attic.

DeAnna also loves cross stitch, quilting, Dallas Stars hockey, and her cats: Eloise and Elizabeth and her new baby boy, Petie.

The following is a June 2014 interview with DeAnna.

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(Rules of Murder, Death By the Book OR Murder at the Mikado)
by Julianna Deering

Two copies to be won, winner's choice
Contest open to entrants worldwide.
Contest runs from 27 June - 11 July NZDT

The Carol Awards: 2013 Winners Announced

The Carol Awards are ACFW's recognition for the best Christian fiction published by traditional publishing houses in the previous calendar year.

The following are the winners for the 2013 Carol Awards that were announced during the the Gala held at the 2013  ACFW National Conference in Indianapolis on  September 15, 2013.

Feel free to leave comments of congratulations at the end of the blog post.

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Featured Author Interview: Vannetta Chapman

Vannetta Chapman writes inspirational fiction full of grace. 

She has published over one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving more than two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfather’s birthplace of Albion, Pennsylvania.


Her novel, Falling to Pieces, was a 2012 ACFW Carol Award winner for best mystery. All of her books have been Christian Book Distributor bestsellers. She currently writes Amish fiction for Abingdon Press, Zondervan, and Harvest House.


The following is an August 2013 interview with Vannetta.

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Contest open to entrants worldwide.

Contest runs from 12-18 August NZDT

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Featured Author Interview: Steven James

Steven James is the critically acclaimed author of more than thirty books, including his bestselling The Bowers Files.

His books span the genres of psychological thrillers, prayer collections, dramas, monologues, a nine book series on creative storytelling, YA fantasy, and inspirational nonfiction. He has received wide critical acclaim for his work including four Storytelling World Honor awards, two Publishers Weekly starred reviews, and 2009, 2011 and 2012 Christy Awards for best suspense. 

The following is July 2013 interview with Steven.

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Contest open to entrants worldwide.

Contest runs from July 22 - 28 NZDT

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Featured Debut Novelist: Bonnie Calhoun

Bonnie S. Calhoun is an author with Abingdon Press, Owner/Director of Christian Fiction Blog Alliance helping to promote Christian fiction with blog tours, and owner/publisher of Christian Fiction Online Magazine devoted to readers and writers of Christian fiction. 

As Northeast Zone Director for American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), she was named "2011 Mentor of the Year." She is President of (CAN) Christian Authors Network, and also Appointment Coordinator for both the Colorado Christian Writers Conference and the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference.

The following is a July 2013 interview with Bonnie.

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Featured Author Interview: Kathleen Fuller

Kathleen Fuller is an American writer, specializing in Christian and Amish romantic fiction.

She is the author of several books, including the Amish series Hearts of Middlefield and the Middlefield Family series for Thomas Nelson Publishers, as well as the young adult series Mysteries of Middlefield. She is also included in two Amish anthologies for Thomas Nelson, An Amish Christmas and An Amish Gathering, and in the upcoming Barbour anthology A Pioneer Christmas Collection.

Kathleen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and currently resides in Geneva, Ohio with her husband, James Fuller, and three children.

The following is an April 2013 interview with Kathleen.

Featured Author Interview: Nancy Mehl

Nancy Mehl lives in Wichita, Kansas with her husband Norman and her very active puggle, Watson. She’s authored fourteen books and is currently at work on her newest series for Bethany House Publishing.

 The first book in her Road to Kingdom series, “Inescapable,” came out in July of 2012. The second book, “Unbreakable” released in February of 2013. The final book in the series, “Unforeseeable,” will be available in September of 2013.

All of Nancy’s novels have an added touch – something for your spirit as well as your soul.

The following is a March 2013 interview with Nancy.