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FROM: "Diane Premo" <[removed]@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 2/2/04, 5:12 PM

I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
other authors from this wise group?

Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library

FROM: Barry Trott <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 2/2/04, 5:30 PM

Diane,

Here are links to a couple of lists of writers of Christian Fiction

http://www.wrl.org/bookweb/booklists/christian.html
http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/Christian.html

You may also find it useful to get a copy of John Mort's book Christian
fiction: a guide to the genre. Libraries Unlimited, 2002. It gives s good
overview of the genre and discusses a variety of authors.

Barry

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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Diane Premo wrote:

> I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
> Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
> other authors from this wise group?
>
> Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
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FROM: "Sharon Custer" <[removed]@eccles-lesher.org>
REC'D: 2/2/04, 5:36 PM

Here are some of the more popular authors of Christian Fiction from my
library:

Terri Blackstock
Mary Borntrager
T. Davis Bunn
Lori Copeland
Robin Jones Gunn
Dee Henderson
Jerry B. Jenkins
Jan Karon
Tim LaHaye
Al Lacy
Gilbert Morris
Lynn Morris
Judith Pella
Tracie Peterson
Michael Phillips
Elaine Schulte
Lauraine Snelling
Bodie & Brock Thoene
Lori Wick

Sharon Custer
Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library
673 Main Street
PO Box 359
Rimersburg, PA 16248
(814) 473-3800
FAX: (814) 473-8200
http://www.eccles-lesher.org
[removed]@eccles-lesher.org

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Diane Premo
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:02 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Christian Fiction

I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
other authors from this wise group?

Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library

FROM: "Dennis & Rita Bulington" <[removed]@mintel.net>
REC'D: 2/2/04, 5:48 PM

I'm not a librarian, but do have an answer for you. I moderate the website
for my Christian Fiction Book Group at church. Here are some of the authors
and titles that we have read and really liked.
Try Judith Pella.............wonderful series about three daughter that is
set in WWII -- Somewhere a Song, Written on the Wind, and Toward the
Sunrise.
David Baldacci........Simple Truth, Saving Faith, Last Man Standing, The
Christmas Train
Penelope J. Stokes........The Treasure Box, The Wishing Jar,
Francine Rivers.......Redeeming Love, The Scarlet Thread, And the Shofar
Blew (An excellent book)
Mindy Starns Clark.........A Penny for Your Thoughts, Don't Take Any Wooden
Nickels, A Dime a Dozen, A Quarter a Kiss
Linda Nichols.........Not a Sparrow Falls, Handyman

We are currently reading Neta Jackson's "Yada Yada Prayer Group" It is also
a very good read.

Rita Bulington
Book Lover and Library Patron

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Premo" <[removed]@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:01 PM
Subject: Christian Fiction

> I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
> Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
> other authors from this wise group?
>
> Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>

FROM: "Tamara Butler" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/2/04, 10:22 PM

Sharon and all,

This is a good list, and there are so many more! The really exciting thing
about Christian & other inspirational fiction is the wide variety of genres
being published. Besides traditional historicals and romances, there are
thrillers, mysteries, experimental, 'chick lit,' and more men's fiction.

The quality of Christian fiction titles has improved quite a bit overall,
and many of the titles have crossover appeal for readers of general fiction.
Some really excellent books published last year were "If I Gained the World"
by Linda Nichols, "I'll Watch the Moon" by Ann Tatlock, "Flabbergasted" by
Ray Blackston, "Fire by Night" by Lynn N. Austin, and "Jerusalem's Rain" by
D. S. Lliteras.

In addition to the websites others have mentioned, you can check out the
following publisher's websites:

www.bethanybooks.com
www.bakerbooks.com
www.multnomahbooks.com
www.tyndale.com
www.harpercollins.com/hc/aboutus/imprints/sanfran.asp
www.stkittspress.com/
www.barbourbooks.com/welcome.htm
www.broadmanholman.com/
www.randomhouse.com/waterbrook/
http://www.zondervan.com/

Tamara Butler
[removed]@hotmail.com

Check out http://www.thehungersite.com and
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com

"A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is built for." -
William Shedd

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From: "Sharon Custer" <[removed]@eccles-lesher.org>
Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Subject: RE: Christian Fiction
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:34:45 -0500

Here are some of the more popular authors of Christian Fiction from my
library:

Terri Blackstock
Mary Borntrager
T. Davis Bunn
Lori Copeland
Robin Jones Gunn
Dee Henderson
Jerry B. Jenkins
Jan Karon
Tim LaHaye
Al Lacy
Gilbert Morris
Lynn Morris
Judith Pella
Tracie Peterson
Michael Phillips
Elaine Schulte
Lauraine Snelling
Bodie & Brock Thoene
Lori Wick

Sharon Custer
Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library
673 Main Street
PO Box 359
Rimersburg, PA 16248
(814) 473-3800
FAX: (814) 473-8200
http://www.eccles-lesher.org
[removed]@eccles-lesher.org

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Diane Premo
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:02 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Christian Fiction

I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
other authors from this wise group?

Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library

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FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 2/3/04, 6:50 AM

I'm sure you'll get this answer a lot-- Jan Karon, the Mitford series.

Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/3/04, 8:24 AM

>From: "Diane Premo" <[removed]@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Christian Fiction
>Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:01:38 -0500
>
>I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
>Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
>other authors from this wise group?
>

Here is a list I've compiled of "old-fashioned, Christian, and 'gentle
reads' authors" for my bibliographical project. Convert it to Word, arrange
it in two columns, print it up and put it in a term-paper cover, and you'll
have a ready reference.

Dorothy Leigh Abel
Stephen Adams
David Aikman
Randy C. Alcorn
Louisa May Alcott
Isabella [MacDonald] Alden
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Summer Allman
Linda Amey
Gini Andrews
Mary Vaughn Armstrong
L. Walker Arnold
Randall Arthur
Reed Arvin
Sholem Asch
Mary Ellen Ashcroft
Jane Austen
Lynn N. Austen
June Masters Bacher
Judy Baer
Faith Baldwin
Reed Balizet
Jill Barnett
Wilton Barnhardt
William Barrett
Joseph Bayly
Martin Bell
Carrie Bender
Irving Benig
E. F. Benson
John Benton
Joseph Bentz
Lisa Tawn Bergren
Jo Beverly
Maeve Binchy
Thyra Bjorn
Terri Blackstock
Lawana Blackwell
Leona Blair
Kevin Block
Stephen Bly
Mary C. Borntrager
L. E. Boyer
Joan Brady
Stephen Bransford
Gloria Bremkamp
Madeleine Brent
Gwen Bristow
Elizabeth Brodnax
Sigmund Brouwer
Joan Winmill Brown
Pearl S. Buck
T. Davis Bunn
John Bunyan
Larry Burkett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sophie Burnham
Beverly Bush
Elizabeth Cadell
Taylor Caldwell
Terri Caldwell
Morley Callaghan
Lillian Cantleberry
Bethany Campbell
Melody Carlson
Bea Carlton
Philippa Carr
Barbara Cartland
Jack Cavanaugh
L. L. "Linda" Chaikin
Loretta Chase
Marion Chesney
Gloria Chisholm
Agatha Christie
Mary Higgins Clark
Brian Cleeve
Pricilla Cogan
Charles W. Colson
Constance Colson
John Coniglio
Arlene Cook
Catherine Cookson
Neva Coyle
Diana/DiAnna Crawford
A. J. Cronin
Donna Fletcher Crow
John Cullea
Will Cunningham
Janet Dailey (early n's)
Peter Danielson
Clare Darcy
Peggy Darty
W. E. Davis
Wally Davis
Mazo de la Roche
Diana Delmore
Andrew Demsky
Sandy Dengler
Jacqueline Diamond
Athol Dickson
David Dolan
Roberta Kells Door
Lloyd C. Douglas
Christine S. Drake
Jane Duncan
Carola Dunn
Charles Durham
Alice Dwyer-Joyce
Dorothy Eden
Josephine Edgar
Gene Edwards
Joyce Ellis
Roger Elwood
Shusaku Endo
Richard Paul Evans
Shirlee Evans
Susan Feldhake
Doris [Elaine] Fell
Marie Ferrarella
Harold Fickett
Jennie Fields
John Fischer
Sharon Elwell Foster
Joy Freeman
Robert Funderburk
Virginia Gaffney
Joy P. Gage
Paul Gallico
John Galsworthy
Alton Gansky
Catherine Gaskin
Elizabeth Gibson
Eva Gibson
Jeanette Gilge
Anna Gilbert
Lela Gilbert
Sharon Gillenwater
Dorothy Gilmore
Joseph F. Girzone
Ruth Glover
Rumer Godden
Leila Prince Golding
Eileen Goudge
Elizabeth Goudge
Jean Grant
Jeffrey Grant
Andrew M. Greeley
Rosy Grier
Philip Gulley
Robin [Jones] Gunn
contemp
Arlene Hale
Linda Hall
Marek Halter
Jane Hamilton
Mollie Hardwick
Robin Hardy
Claire Harkness
Jean Harmeling
Jon Hassler
Robin Lee Hatcher
Jeanine Hathaway
John Haworth
B. J. Hazard
Kristin Heitzmann
Jon Henderson
Lois T. Henderson
Ethel Herr
Georgette Heyer
Patricia Hickman
Barbara Jean Hicks
Liz Curtis Higgs
Grace Livingston Hill
Pamela Hill
Ruth [Livingston] Hill
Jane Aiken Hodge
B. J. Hoff
Isabelle Holland
Marjorie Holmes
Victoria Holt
Susan Howatch
Rhoda Huffey
James Byron Huggins
Robert Hughes
Spenser Hughes
Kathryn Hulme
Angela [Elwell] Hunt
David Hunt
Hannah Hurnard
Sara Hylton
Eva/e Ibbotson
Henry James
Steve James
Grant Jeffrey
Jerry B. Jenkins
John Jenkins
Margaret Jensen
Sally A. John
Dorothy M. Johnson
Lois Walfrid Johnson
Alan Justice
Jan Karon
Kathleen Karr
M. M. Kaye
LaNelle D. Kearney
Garrison Keillor
Clint Kelly
Elizabeth Kidd
William X. Kienzle
Karen Kingsbury
Jane Kirkpatrick
Karen Baker Kletzing
Marilyn Kok
Harry L[ee] Kraus
Jim & Terri Kraus
Al Lacy
Al & Joanne Lacy
Tim F. LaHaye
Sally Laity
Louis L'Amour
Joyce Lansdorf
Bob Larson
Elizabeth Law
Stephen Lawhead
David Lawrence
Bob Lawson
Elsie Lee
Thom Lemmons
Judith Lennox
Bonnie Leon
Lois Gladys Leppard
Madeleine L'Engle
Beverly Lewis
C. S. Lewis
Gregg Lewis
Michael L. Lindvall
Penelope Lively
Mark J. Livingstone
Thomas Locke
Norah Lofts
Laurel Oke Logan
Emilie Loring
William Love
Leanne Lucas
Lionel Luckhoo
Gerald Lund
Wanda Luttrell
Karen Lynn
David McCasland
George MacDonald
Shari MacDonald
Ralph M. McInerney
Amanda MacLean
Meredith Bean McMath
Mary McReynolds
Paul L. Maier
Pamela Marcantel
Catherine Marshall
Malachi Martin
Barbara Masci
D. M. Matera
Paul D. Meier
Barbara Metzger
Barbara Michaels
Kasey Michaels
J. M. T. Miller
Mary Ann Minatra
Sara Mitchell
Nancy Mitford
Thomas E. Monteleone
L. M. Montgomery
John L. Moore
Alan [B.] Morris
Gilbert Morris
Lynn Morris
Katherine Murray
Harold Lawrence Myra
Betty Neels
Bette Nordberg
Hilary Norman
Alan Norris[?]
Kathleen Norris
Michael O'Brien
Elisabeth Ogilvie
Leslie O'Grady
Janette Oke
Jean O'Neill
Virginia Stem Owens
Tricia Padgett
Carole Gift Page
Catherine Palmer
Pansy (Isabella MacDonald)
Gary E. Parker
Mary E. Pearce
Jane Peart
M. Scott Peck
Robert Newton Peck
Lila Peiffer
Judith Pella
Walker Percy
Frank E. Peretti
Elizabeth Peters
Tracie Peterson
Michael R. Phillips
Raelene Phillips
Susan Phillips
Rosamunde Pilcher
Belva Plain
Eileen Pollinger
Caryl Porter
David Porter hn
Eleanor H. Porter
Gene Stratton Porter
James Farl (J. F.) Powers
Ivy Preston
Eugenia Price
J. B. Priestley
Ann Purser
Barbara Pym
Amanda Quick
Millie J. Ragosta
Avis Randall
Ellen Randolph
Deborah Raney
Miss Read
James Redfield
H. L. Richardson
Noreen Riols
Francine Rivers
Kay D. Rizzo
Pat Robertson
Lee Roddy
Jill Roe
Gayle Roper
Bette M. Ross
Dana Fuller Ross
Patricia H. Rushford
Liz Ryan
Patricia Mar St. John
Ferrol Sams
Lisa Samson
Dorothy L. Sayers
Patricia Scanlan
James C. Schaap
James R. Schott
Elaine L. Schulte
Andrew M. Seddon
Betty Shaffer
Linda Shands
Jean Shaw
Rebecca Shaw
Charles M. Sheldon
James Shott
Julia Shuken
Frank Simon
Sheila Simonson
Patty Sleem
Betty Smith
Debra [White] Smith
Joan Smith
Lauraine Snelling
Maris Soule
LaVyrle Spencer
Hilda Stahl
Lawrie Stahl
Tim Stafford
William Stephens
Kelly R. Stevens
D. E. Stevenson
Ed Stewart
Kay Stewart
Mary Stewart
Jessica Stirling
Penelope J. Stokes
Gail Donahue Storey
Essie Summers
Ann Swinfen
Joni Tada
Ward Tanneberg
Booth Tarkington
Ann Tatlock
Jan Tempest
Frances Temple
Elswyth Thane
Angela Thirkell
Bodie Thoene
Brock Thoene
Ellen Guderson Traylor
Joanna Trollope
John Thomas Tuft
Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Jamie L. Turner
Berry Unsworth
Helen Van Slyke
Dennis M. Van Wey
Ellen S. Vaughn
Patricia Veryan
James A. Vitti
Daisy Vivian
Esther Loewen Vogt
James/Jim Walker
Lucy Walker
Lew Wallace
John Evangelist Walsh
Keith Wander
Walter Wangerin
Susan Warner
Beverly C. Warren
Lance Webb
Linda Massey Weddle
Marian Wells
Mary Wesley
Jessamyn West
Margaret Westhaven
Edith Wharton
Phyllis A. Whitney
Stephanie Grace Whitson
Lori Wick
Brenda Wilbee
Penelope Wilcock
Mary Lee Wile
Jeanne Williams
Susan Williams
Donna Winters
Robert L. Wise
Steven Wise
Stephanie Witson
P. G. Wodehouse
Harold Bell Wright
Sally S. Wright
Vinita Hampton Wright
Lance Wubbles
Kathleen Yapp
James Yoder
Michael Youssef
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FROM: "Hogan, Jean E." <[removed]@nvcc.edu>
REC'D: 2/3/04, 9:32 AM

How about Karen Kingsbury (Time to Dance, Time to Embrace) and Dee Henderson
(O'Malley series)?

-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Premo [[removed]@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us]
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:02 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Christian Fiction

I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
other authors from this wise group?

Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library

FROM: [removed]@emich.edu
REC'D: 2/3/04, 9:49 AM

You may wish to look over the "Christian Fiction" review sections in Booklist and Library Journal, et al, on a regular basis if this is an area of high demand amongst your users/customers/patrons. (Forgive me for pointing out the obvious, but it should be mentioned in any query of this type!)

The Christy Awards website (www.christyawards.com) might be another useful source of ideas. From their "About the Awards" page (www.christyawards.com/about.htm):

"In the spring of 1999, nearly a dozen Christian publishers confirmed the need for establishing a Christian fiction award to recognize novelists and novels of excellence in half a dozen genres of Christian fiction...."

The same page also includes their working definition of "what makes a novel Christian."

Bradley A. Scott
Boomer librarian

FROM: Theresa <[removed]@pelican.state.lib.la.us>
REC'D: 2/3/04, 11:08 AM

Two suggestions: Library Journal reviews Christian fiction on a regular
basis; they have a special section for it. And some of the large print
companies offer a standing order of the best in Christian fiction. One of
them even has a subcategory of Christian fiction mysteries. We use both of
these methods.

FROM: Jen Henderson <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/3/04, 11:24 AM

Try Liz Curtis Higgs. She has a couple of
contemporary romances, but she also has some beautiful
historical stories set in Scotland.

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FROM: Di Herald <[removed]@mac.com>
REC'D: 2/3/04, 11:36 AM

Has anyone mentioned John Mort's excellent resource _Christian Fiction: A Guide to the Genre_? It annotates approximately 2000 titles. He also writes a column on Christian Fiction for Booklist so he really knows what he's talking about.

Di

FROM: David Wright <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/3/04, 12:39 PM

Barry Trott mentioned it. One other (more dated)
resource you or your patrons might like, if you
like the "What Do I Read Next" series - my own
feelings are mixed - is "What Inspirational
Literature Do I Read Next?" (Gale, 2000). Also,
"Contemporary Christian Authors: Lives and Works"
by Janice DeLong and Rachel Schwedt (Scarecrow,
2000).

David Wright
Seattle Public Library

"Literature is a luxury; fiction a necessity."
-G.K. Chesterton

--- Di Herald <[removed]@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Has anyone mentioned John Mort's excellent
> resource _Christian Fiction: A Guide to the
> Genre_? It annotates approximately 2000 titles.
> He also writes a column on Christian Fiction
> for Booklist so he really knows what he's
> talking about.
>
> Di
>
>
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FROM: "Lisa Olsen" <[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/3/04, 2:41 PM

Most of your author suggestions seem good. However, I am curious as to why
you included David Baldacci on your list. I have read "Last Man Standing"
and I can not think of a single element in the story that would make it
Christian fiction.

******************************************************************
Lisa A. Olsen
Branch Manager
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Hope Mills Branch
3411 Golfview Rd.
Hope Mills, NC 28348-2266
Ph. (910) 425-8455
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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]
On Behalf Of Dennis & Rita Bulington
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:42 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Christian Fiction

I'm not a librarian, but do have an answer for you. I moderate the website
for my Christian Fiction Book Group at church. Here are some of the authors
and titles that we have read and really liked.
Try Judith Pella.............wonderful series about three daughter that is
set in WWII -- Somewhere a Song, Written on the Wind, and Toward the
Sunrise.
David Baldacci........Simple Truth, Saving Faith, Last Man Standing, The
Christmas Train
Penelope J. Stokes........The Treasure Box, The Wishing Jar,
Francine Rivers.......Redeeming Love, The Scarlet Thread, And the Shofar
Blew (An excellent book)
Mindy Starns Clark.........A Penny for Your Thoughts, Don't Take Any Wooden
Nickels, A Dime a Dozen, A Quarter a Kiss
Linda Nichols.........Not a Sparrow Falls, Handyman

We are currently reading Neta Jackson's "Yada Yada Prayer Group" It is also
a very good read.

Rita Bulington
Book Lover and Library Patron

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Premo" <[removed]@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:01 PM
Subject: Christian Fiction

> I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
> Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
> other authors from this wise group?
>
> Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>

FROM: "Dennis & Rita Bulington" <[removed]@mintel.net>
REC'D: 2/3/04, 5:59 PM

Last Man Standing, though our group hasn't read it, does deal with the issue
of truth and faith. When people question the honesty of the main character,
he has to decide whether he wants to 'retell' his story or try to find the
young boy who can corroborate it. That takes a bit of faith, in my book.
It takes strong moral fiber to stand up to those who would challenge you
when you know you are telling the truth.
I mainly included Baldacci because our group has read some of his other
books and he is what we consider a Christian author.
I'm really enjoying this thread. I've gotten a lot of ideas for my book
group.
Thanks!
Rita Bulington
Lafayette, IN
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From: "Lisa Olsen" <[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:31 PM
Subject: RE: Christian Fiction

Most of your author suggestions seem good. However, I am curious as to why
you included David Baldacci on your list. I have read "Last Man Standing"
and I can not think of a single element in the story that would make it
Christian fiction.

******************************************************************
Lisa A. Olsen
Branch Manager
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Hope Mills Branch
3411 Golfview Rd.
Hope Mills, NC 28348-2266
Ph. (910) 425-8455
******************************************************************

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]
On Behalf Of Dennis & Rita Bulington
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:42 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Christian Fiction

I'm not a librarian, but do have an answer for you. I moderate the website
for my Christian Fiction Book Group at church. Here are some of the authors
and titles that we have read and really liked.
Try Judith Pella.............wonderful series about three daughter that is
set in WWII -- Somewhere a Song, Written on the Wind, and Toward the
Sunrise.
David Baldacci........Simple Truth, Saving Faith, Last Man Standing, The
Christmas Train
Penelope J. Stokes........The Treasure Box, The Wishing Jar,
Francine Rivers.......Redeeming Love, The Scarlet Thread, And the Shofar
Blew (An excellent book)
Mindy Starns Clark.........A Penny for Your Thoughts, Don't Take Any Wooden
Nickels, A Dime a Dozen, A Quarter a Kiss
Linda Nichols.........Not a Sparrow Falls, Handyman

We are currently reading Neta Jackson's "Yada Yada Prayer Group" It is also
a very good read.

Rita Bulington
Book Lover and Library Patron

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From: "Diane Premo" <[removed]@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:01 PM
Subject: Christian Fiction

> I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
> Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
> other authors from this wise group?
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> Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library
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FROM: "Rosemary Lewis" <[removed]@ocl.net>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 8:32 AM

We also have many requests for Christian fiction. Copied below is Oxford County Library's compiled (not divided up by sub genre) Christian author list for 2003. Hope it helps. We also have a list of Christian romance authors at http://www.ocl.net/cgi-bin/if.pl?View=1&Item=4Janette_Oke
and a shorter list of Christian novels (non-romance) at http://www.ocl.net/cgi-bin/if.pl?View=1&Item=3Christian_Novels
Almost everything in this genre (narrowly defined - not "inspirational" in general) is written in series. We use http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/lists/adult/inspir/ Mid-Continent Public Library's website to track down series and sequels for this genre.

2003
Christian Fiction
Author List

Aiken, Ginny
Alcorn, Randy C.
Alden, Isabella M.
Alexander, Hannah
Andrews, Gini
Arthur, Kay
Arthur, Randall
Augsburger, Myron
Austin, Lynn
Bacher, June M.
Baer, Judy
Ball, Karen
Bambola, Sylvia
Bedford, Deborah (Few)
Bell, Ann
Bence, Evelyn
Benson, Angela
Bergren, Lisa T.
Billerbeck, Kristin
Bjorn, Thyra F.
Blackstock, Terri
Blackwell, Lawana
Blanchard, Kenneth (few)
Bliss, Lauralee
Bly, Stephen

Boeshaar, Andrea
Borntrager, Mary
Brand, Irene B.
Bransford, Stephen
Bright, Bill
Brouwer, Sigmund
Brown, Joan W.
Bulock, Lynn
Bunn, T. Davis
Carlson, Melody
Cavanaugh, Jack
Chaikin, Linda
Coleman, Lynn A.
Collins, Brandilyn
Coniglio, John V.
Copeland, Lori (few)
Cote, Lyn
Cox, Carol
Coyle, Neva
Crawford, Dianna
Crow, Donna F.
Crying Wind
Dallas, Joe
Darty, Peggy
Davis, Mary
De Graaf, Anne
Dekker, Ted
Dengler, Sandy
Edghill, India
Edwards, Gene
Elwood, Roger
Etchison, Birdie
Evans, Shirlee
Feldhake, Susan
Fell, Doris E.
Fischer, John
Foster, Sharon E.
Funderburk, Robert
(or Bobby)
Gansky, Alton L.
Gillenwater, Sharon
Girzone, Joseph F.
Glover, Ruth
Graham, Margaret
Grant, Jean
Griffin, Pamela
Gulley, Philip
Gunn, Robin, J.
Hall, Linda
Hamilton, Jane
Hamlin, Rick
Hannon, Irene
Hatcher, Robin L. (few)
Hazard, David
Heitzmann, Kristen
Henderson, Dee
Henderson, Jon
Herman, Kathy
Herr, Ethel L.
Hickman, Patrica
Hicks, Barbara J.

Higgs, Liz C.
Hill, Grace L.
Hill, Ruth L.
Hoff, B. J.
Holden, Leslie
Huggins, James B(Few)
Hunt, Angela E.
Jenkins, Jerry
John, Sally
Johnson, Grace
Johnson, Jim
Jones, Annie
Jones, Scott
Karon, Jan
Kauffman, Christmas
Keidel, Levi O.
Kingsbury, Karen
Kinkade, Thomas
Kirkpatrick, Jane
Koch, Robert
Koehly, Dina L.
Kok, Marilyn
Kraus, Harry L.
Kraus, James P.
Lacy, Al
Lacy, Joanna
LaHaye, Beverly
LaHaye, Tim F.
Laity, Sally
Lane, Christopher A.
Larson, Elyse
Lawhead, Steve
Leax, John
Lehman, Yvonne
Lemmons, Thom
Leon, Bonnie
Lewis, Beverly
Lewis, David G.
Livingstone, Mark
Locke, Thomas
Lucado, Max
Lutz, Norma Jean
Luttrell, Wanda
MacDonald, George
MacDonald, Shari
Marshall, Catherine
Martin, Cleon
Martin, Gail G.
Martinusen, Cindy M.
McCourtney, Lorena
McCusker, Paul
McGuire, Barry
Meade, L.T.
Meier, Paul D.
Merritt, Bruce
Metzer, Patty
Miller, Calvin(few)
Miller, Dawn
Miller, Jewel
Miller, Judith
Mills, DiAnn
Mills, Kathi
Minatra, MaryAnn
Mindrup, Darlene
Mitchell, Sara
Moeller, Robert
Moore, John L.
Morgan, Kathleen
Morris, Alan G.
Morris, Gilbert
Morris, Lynn
Moser, Nancy
Musser, Elizabeth
Myers, Bill
Myra, Harold L.
Noble, Diane (previously
MacLean, Amanda)
Nordberg, Bette
Odell, Jeri
Oke, Janette
Orcutt, Jane
Page, Carole G.
Palmer, Catherine
Parker, Gary E.
Parshall, Craig
Peart, Jane
Pella, Judith
Peretti, Frank
Peterson, Tracie
Phillips, Michael R.
Pizzuti, Suzy
Price, Eugenia
Quayle, Marilyn

Raney, Deborah
Rao, Linda Rae
Reece, Colleen L.(few)
Richmond, Grace S.(few)
Rispin, Karen
Rivers, Francine
Rizzo, Kay
Roddy, Lee
Roper, Gayle
Rushford, Patrica
Samson, Lisa
Sattler, Gail
Schalesky, Marlo
Schulte, Elaine
Seddon, Andrew
Shott, James R.
Smith, Debra W.
Snelling, Lauraine
Sprinkle, Patricia
Stahl, Hilda
Stahl, Laurie
Stokes, Penelope J.
Stoks, Peggy
Tatlock, Ann
Tanneberg, Ward
Thoene, Bodie
Thoene, Brock
Thoene, Jake
Thoene, Luke
Thrasher, Travis
Traylor, Ellen G.
Turner, Jamie L.
Umberger, Carol
VanWey, Dennis
Verweerd, Johanna
Vogt, Ester L.
Walker, James
Wangerin, Walter
Webb, Michael
Wells, Marian
Wheeler, Joe L.
White, Elizabeth
Whitlow, Robert
Whitson, Stephanie
Whyte, Jack
Wick, Lori
Wiggins, VeraLee
Wilbee, Brenda
Wilcock, Penelope
Williams, Susan D.
Williamson, Martha
Willis, Paul J.
Windsor, Linda
Wright, Harold B.
Wubbels, Lance
Y'Barbo, Kathleen


-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Premo [[removed]@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us]
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:02 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Christian Fiction

I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
other authors from this wise group?

Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library

FROM: "Jean Meadors" <[removed]@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 11:28 AM

Dee Henderson's True Valor, etc are also very well written. anything by
Thoene too.
jean

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Hogan, Jean E.
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 9:17 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Christian Fiction

How about Karen Kingsbury (Time to Dance, Time to Embrace) and Dee Henderson
(O'Malley series)?

-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Premo [[removed]@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us]
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:02 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Christian Fiction

I receive a lot of requests for "Christian Fiction". Aside from novels by
Jeanette Oke and Beverly Lewis I always draw a blank. Any suggestions of
other authors from this wise group?

Thanks in advance--Diane Premo, Rochester Public Library

FROM: "Shirley Gidley" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/4/04, 5:08 PM

Just wanted to let you all know that a staff member in our organization has
worked really hard to compile an online bibliography of Christian Fiction,
by time period and by genre. Take a look at it

http://www.tulsalibrary.org/booksandreading/now/christian.htm

She not only compiled the list but read all the books listed on it. She is
our resident expert here at Tulsa City-County Library.

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FROM: Pamela Payne <[removed]@cpl.org>
REC'D: 2/5/04, 1:01 PM

Heart Quest publications have many inspirational and Christian titles.
Also Terri Blackstock, Gilbert Morris and Angela Hunt are some authors.
We also maintain a reading room on our website that have the following genre [removed]@www.cpl.org for more selections.

Pam Payne, Cleveland Public Library
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