In 1997, DeeAnne Gist caught the attention of a top New York literary agent. Though impressed by her book manuscript, a romance set in 16th-century Jamestown, Va., the agency felt it was too risky to ...

During its first in-person gathering since 2019, the 2022 American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) conference took place in St. Louis, Mo. from September 8-11, attracting over 300 attendees. The ...

Evangelical novelists have embraced human grit and struggle. Getting readers to notice is its own struggle. Chris Jager started selling fiction at Baker Book House, one of the largest independent ...

As novelists embrace entrepreneurship, they find ways to take more control. Karen Kingsbury knows how to tell a story. But she’s never done it like this. She has a woman on the ground. But not “a ...

Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading mystery fiction can strengthen moral discernment and help believers ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... What makes a Christian novel “Christian?" Does it still count if it is published by a general market imprint? What if the story reflects ...

Nebraska Christian Fiction author Mary Connealy will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, in the third floor Community Room at Columbus Public Library.