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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Publishing novels devoid of profanity, violence, or explicit sexuality is still the modus operandi for Christian houses. Increasingly, however, content within the Christian fiction category is ...

A CT fiction judge’s challenge to evangelical writers and publishers. For several years CT has asked me to serve as the preliminary fiction judge for the annual book awards. This means that every ...

Stealing should make you angry. In this remarkable novel, Margaret Verble brings a mid-20th-century story to life through the power of relationships. Her harrowing tale makes it clear that violence ...

COLUMBIA — A Columbia writer and journalist's new book pulls from her lived experiences — and takes place in a fictional S.C. town. Author Jessica Brodie recently released her first Christian ...

Wordsmith World announces the extended offering of its cozy Christian mystery novel "Hawaiian Wildflower" for adults, citing reader demand. The move reflects growing interest in the genre and the ...