The writing style, the characters and the authenticity of their world, the faith. Tessa Afshar writes such marvelous stories! I haven't loved all her novels, but I feel Bread of Angels and now Land of Silence are absolutely incredible. Tessa is a devoted wife, mediocre gardener, and chocolate enthusiast. She worked in women and prayer ministries for nearly twenty years before becoming a full-time writer. Tessa holds a master of divinity from Yale University, where she served for one year as co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the Divinity School. Her conversion to Christianity in her twenties changed the course of her life forever. She then moved to England, where she survived boarding school for girls, before moving to the United States permanently. Tessa was born in the Middle East and lived there for the first fourteen years of her life. Tessa’s Bible study, The Way Home: God’s Invitation to New Beginnings, based on the book of Ruth, won ECPA’s Christian Book Award in the Bible Study category, 2021. Harvest of Gold won the prestigious Christy Award in the Historical Romance category, Harvest of Rubies was a finalist for the ECPA Christian Book Award in the fiction category, and Thief of Corinth was an INSPY Award finalist. Land of Silence won an INSPY Award and was voted by Library Journal as one of the top five Christian fiction titles of 2016. Her novel Daughter of Rome is a Carol Award Finalist. Her books have been on the Publishers Weekly, ECPA, and other bestseller lists, and translated into eleven languages. Tessa and her husband live in New England, where they proudly tend their mediocre garden.TESSA AFSHAR is a Christy and Christian Book Award winning author of historical and biblical fiction, and non-fiction. After working in women’s ministry for nearly twenty years, Tessa became a full-time writer and speaker. She holds a Master of Divinity from Yale University, where she served as cochair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the Divinity School. Tessa Afshar is an award-winning author of biblical and inspirational historical fiction.
The people of Iran, where I grew up Read More.
I was born in the Middle East and lived there the first thirteen years of my
This and That: Getting to Know Tessa Afshar Tessa Afshar | Exclusive Excerpt: JEWEL OF THE NILEĬush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God. Why do they capture our hearts? From Cinderella to Heidi to Pip in Great Expectations or my personal favorite, Jane Eyre, orphan Read More.
Tessa Afshar | Captivated by Orphan Characters
0 kommentar(er)
