March 2009 Author News & Recent Releases
Christy Finalist!
For the third year in a row, novelist Athol Dickson is a finalist in the suspense category, which he has won the last two years. His latest is a Bethany title, Winterhaven.
Contract Signings
Terror by Night, a book by Terry Caffey, with James Pence writing, will be published by Tyndale in September. A fast track book due to the high level of media attention (Greg has personally talked with producers from Oprah, Dateline, Inside Edition, 20/20 and many others), it’s a modern-day real-life story of Job.
A week after his father died, Terry, his wife, and two sons were sound asleep when gunshots and screams filled the night. Intruders had broken into his home and killed his wife, his two sons and filled him with a dozen bullet holes. As the house was burning down, he crawled out a bathroom window and made it 400 yards to a neighbor. He wanted to live long enough to tell someone who the murderers were: his teenage daughter, her boyfriend and another teen couple. Months later, after healing of his wounds, Terry returned alone to his now empty property. Everything that he had known in life was gone. In one of the trees, however, Terry noticed a piece of paper. He pulled it off the tree only to discover it was one page of a novel.
As you can see, it spoke right to the heart of his situation. Instead of giving up on life, Terry took this as an (obvious) sign from God that his life wasn’t over. He started speaking at churches, holding up this framed parchment. He didn’t know the book or the author, but in one small Texas church, someone did. It was a page from a James Pence novel called Blind Sight. They met, and surprisingly had a connection. Terry’s daughter Erin, one of the killers, had been in James’ home as a friend to his own daughter.
Those who witnessed the sentencing at the end of the trial say it is the only time anyone can remember the victim and the felon holding hands as the judge passed down (a 42-year) sentence. Terry has forgiven his daughter and the other killers. Now James is writing Terry’s story! A story that has a Job-like ending: Terry has remarried and has two new sons about the same age as those who were killed. (And yes, we have some movie interest.) We should be seeing his story in People magazine in the next couple of weeks.
Signing with Berkley/Caliber (Penguin) was Marcus Brotherton’s book called GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. It’s a remembrance from 20-40 family members of the original men from the “Band of Brothers” about untold stories during and after WWII on how they fought and how they finished their lives. Publication will be May 2010.
Signing with Kaplan Publishers is Col. Susan Luz for a memoir called A WAR TO CARE (with Marcus Brotherton). Susan earned a Bronze Star from the Army in Iraq for her efforts in a MASH unit during her long tour of duty; but more than that, she has lived a life of service amidst great personal sacrifice; a lifetime of caring for her fellow man has been her constant theme. Publication will be in the Spring of 2010.
Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall are teaming for the ENDGAME series that Zondervan will publish. The storyline starts with non-stop action about the use of a sophisticated military defense technology that is capable of returning nuclear missiles to their place of origin. This causes a series of events to unfold which eventually leads to the prophesied Rapture of the Church and the Last Days of mankind. The first book will be published in the Fall of 2010. Wordserve co-agented this series with Joel Gotler at Intellectual Property Group.
Recent Releases
Born into an aristocratic Russian family, Nonna Lisowskaja fully expected to enjoy a cultured, privileged life. Her family had many advantages at a time when other Russians struggled to buy food. By her sixth birthday, Nonna spoke four languages. She had a good life.
But then her life fell apart. The Nazis invaded Russia. And, though her family was not Jewish, she lost everything…except a few family photos and scraps of a journal hidden from the Nazis in a small pillow.
This is her story. Published by Tyndale, and co-authored by Denise George and Carolyn Tomlin
For a child, so many things can happen in one day. Sometimes the world outside is a scary place. There is so much to be discovered and understood and at times the adventure is simply overwhelming. This story reminds kids that God is always present. He is a protector who never stops caring for all children each day through.
With comforting pictures of lovable critters that seem to have similar feelings and an engaging message, children will be assured that God is always near. Julie Cantrell authored both of these books, and ZonderKidz published.
Bounty hunter Nick Shepherd is fearless when it comes to chasing down criminals. It’s his difficult ex-wife, rebellious teenage daughter, and dysfunctional siblings that keep him awake at night. In charge of the family business, the Prodigal Recovery Agency, he thinks of himself as a shepherd of sorts. When his “flock” is out of his control, Nick’s well-ordered universe falls into chaos. A new novel by Wanda Dyson and published by WaterBrook Press.
What happens when an ordinary girl finds the extraordinary love of God? By a well in Samaria, one girl found out when she came face to face with Jesus. Today’s young women may be in a different culture, but they have something in common with that girl by the well: Sometimes they go looking for love in all the wrong places. Just as the Samaritan woman carried an empty jar to the well, they carry their empty, two-dimensional hearts, looking for one person, one more award, one glowing accolade, to fill it up and make it whole. True love is waiting at the well. In the eyes of the One, the woman at the well had infinite worth, meaning and purpose, and there’s a secret waiting for girls who take the time to listen to what Jesus had to say to her that day: When an extraordinary girl fills up on the love of an extraordinary God, unforgettable things happen. Written by former Brio columnist Natalie Lloyd and published by Regal Books.
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