Between the Lines

Jane Daly is a Christian author, columnist, and speaker. She and her husband sold everything and moved into a home on wheels – Eleanor Rigsby. Midlife crisis? Maybe. Fulfilling a lifelong dream? Yes!

When she's not watching beautiful scenery roll past her RV, she can be found hunched over her computer, writing stories to inspire and challenge her readers. Her novels Girl in the Cardboard box, Broken: A Story of Redemption, and Broken Silence shine a light on the gritty side of life and the redemption that can be found in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Her non-fiction work includes The Caregiving Season and Because of Grace: A Mother's Journey from Grief to Hope.

You can connect with Jane on her website where you can purchase her books, follow her social media links, and sign up to follow her RV journey.

Between the Lines : Of Contemporary Christian Fiction does not generally feature authors who write dystopian fantasy, but I made an exception in Christina Cattane's case. She has three novels in her Christian series: Lost in the Land of the Midnight Sun (2019); Alone in the Land of the Midnight Sun (2021); Shaken in the Land of the Midnight Sun (to be released this summer.)

Christina is also the co-host of the Christian Indie Writers' Podcast, mother of 4, grandmother of 2, pastor's wife, and Bible Study teacher.

Growing up with her nose always in a book, Christina's head was full of stories. The story of Jesus fascinated her most of all, and she started talking to him in her bed at night at a very early age. A lifelong love of learning drove her to dig into her Bible to know him better. Now, He inspires the stories she writes.

With narratives constantly running through her mind, she always said, "If I ever wrote them down, I could write a book—or a hundred." She is on her way to that goal.

Christina's love of Alaska (where she grew up), the mountains (that stood guard over her hometown), Malamutes (the Alaska state dog), and Jesus (her Lord and Savior) comes through in her writing.

Christina currently lives in the tropics of Flint, Michigan with her husband and youngest child.

KC Hart writes contemporary, small town, Southern fiction. Her Katy Cross Cozy Mystery Series is set in Skeeterville, Mississippi. Don't y'all try finding it on a map because it doesn't exist outside of her imagination. She has eight books in this one series starring home health nurse, Katy Cross turned amateur sleuth!

Her newest series (small town romance that touches your heart) is her Carson's Bayou Series set in Louisiana. Book 5, Kid Smarts & Wistful Hearts just released this past March 15th. Previous books are Fresh Starts & Small Town Hearts, Business Smarts & Reckless Hearts, Car Smarts & Bashful Hearts, and People Smarts & Wounded Hearts.

Connect with KC at her website: https://www.kchartauthor.com/ where you can sign up for newsletter (and receive one of her books as a gift). You can also follow her on Amazon, Goodreads and Bookbub.

Leigh Lincoln never intended to write a book, but she was so moved by the homeless situation in our country, she felt compelled to take notes. Those notes inspired a fictionalized story which became a book—The Road Home which was a passion project. It was intended to be a standalone story in which she tries to show that every life is a broken road that only Christ can fix.

Because of the popularity of The Road Home, written in 2016, Leigh was moved to continue with three more novels—Road to Freedom (2020), Finding the Real Road (2021), and The Road West (2022). These four novels make up her Broken Road Series.

Leigh's stories may be fiction, but each one has grains of truth woven into them. As she travels life's journey, she takes the time to listen to everyone she meets and gleans wisdom from what they share. Her goal as an author is to raise awareness of homeless and poverty issues. Because of this, she gives a portion of all book sales to charity.

Leigh is self-published, and you can connect with her via her website (and sign up for her newsletter) and/or her Amazon Author page.

Laura Thomas is a prolific writer in many Christian genres including romantic suspense, teen fiction, and children's books. Her newest release The Christmas Cabin is a stand-alone Christmas novella from her Flight to Freedom Series.

Other Flight to Freedom Series novels include The Glass Bottom Boat, The Lighthouse Baby, and The Orphan Beach. Her Tears Trilogy for teens includes Tears to Dancing, Tears of a Princess, and Tears, Fears, and Fame.

Not only does Laura pen stories, but she is a Hope certified writing coach, as well. She says, "The perceived glamours lifestyle of a writer—penning a perfect manuscript while sipping a cappuccino with author friends outside a Parisian café—is both delightful and delusional! In reality, the writer's solitary existence can be fraught with frustration, failure, and fear…"

Connect with Laura at www.LauraThomasAuthor.com. There you can check out her books, sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and find her social media links. And if you desire to learn (or improve in) the craft of writing, you might want to contact her there as well.

Stacy T. Simmons wrote uplifting fiction to delight the reader's romantic sensibilities. Her debut novel (A Promise for Faith) was published in January 2022 and her novella (Christmas in the Cotswolds) was published one week before her untimely passing in October 2022. A Journey for Hope, the second of three planned novels in her Briar Creek Love series, was Stacy's last complete manuscript.

A multi-year president of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the American Christian Fiction Writers, Stacy was an inspiration to many fledgling and aspiring writers. Her determination helped her to finally realize her dream of becoming a published author at the age of 56. Stacy worked full-time as a special education paraprofessional by day and diligently wrote her books at night. At the title of her blog indicates, Stacy was indeed "Fueled by Faith and Caffeine." She was often found working on her manuscripts with a piece of dark chocolate and a cup of coffee nearby.

Married to her best friend Mike for thirty-five years, Stacy raised two grown daughters and had a menagerie of pets she liked to call "Noah's Ark." She was a beloved member of the women's Christian fiction writing community and will be sorely missed. Stacy's husband and family are seeking to carry on her legacy by promoting A Journey for Hope and are maintaining her social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, as well as her blog, Fueled by Faith and Caffeine.

Get connected with her novels at her website www.stacytsimmonsauthor.com

Heather Norman Smith's goal as an author is to use the written word to entertain and encourage while illuminating the redemptive love of God. She lives with her family near the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and uses this beautiful area as the setting for her inspirational Southern fiction novels.

Two of her novels released in 2019—Grace & Lavender and Where I was Planted. In 2020, she released Shenanigans followed by New Transportation Wine Country in 2021. Her newest novel Songs for a Sunday is available this month. As you can see, she can't write fast enough for the stories God has laid on her heart.

Heather is contracted with literary agent Cyle Young. You can connect with her via her website and/or her Amazon Author Page.

Anne Perreault admits her life has been exciting. She grew up in Germany and was able to travel extensively even as a child. She found at a young age that she loved books and making up stories. When she was fourteen, her family moved to Dubai in the UAE. It was where she discovered her love for skating and decided she would pursue a career as a vet. If she wasn't at the rink skating, she was either riding or training Arabian horses.

At seventeen, she moved to Austria to attend an American boarding school. Upon graduation, she moved to southern England where she attended college and met her husband. The two of them settled in Connecticut, where she became a horseback riding instructor and later, a certified therapeutic riding instructor.

Anne has several book series including To Protect and Serve, Yellowstone, Cooper Family, and Royal Skater Chronicles. You can connect with her via her website Into the Light Fiction or follow her on her Amazon Author Page.

Christine is Australian and was a physiotherapist but now she writes 'storyteller' on any airport forms. She can legitimately claim to be this as she has written two books on storytelling and spends much of her time either telling Bible stories or training others to do so. She was based in Taiwan from 1999-2021 but has recently returned to Australia, although continuing to work with OMF International. Believing so much in the power of stories has led her to fiction. Her first novel, Grace in Strange Disguise was released October 2017 and in 2021 she completed the sixth novel in the series, Grace Across the Miles.

If you like compelling Christian fiction, relatable characters, ad real emotion, then you'll love Christine Dillon's inspiring series.

In her spare time, she enjoys being active: hiking, cycling, and swimming. Of course, she's a bookworm too.

Connect with her via her website, StoryTellerChristine or follow her on BookBub.

Cheri Swalwell is a Christ follower, wife, mother, author, speaker, and podcaster. She is the author of the Redemption of Green Pines Series, Meeting Up with Love Series, as well as non-fiction books. You might want to delve into her Jesus in the Every Day which offers inspiration, devotions, and podcasts to keep you connected to the Lord. All this is available via her website where you can connect with her and/or follow her Amazon Author Page.