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 ...

Calling someone nostalgic is an “affectionate insult at best,” Svetlana Boym has written, and few people appreciate the affection. Although the term has shed its medical connotations—it was first used ...

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 ...

DENVER, Colorado – The Christian book business, optimistic that a little literary escapism might be an antidote for readers in hard times, is turning to bonnets, buggies and bloodsuckers. Even as ...

After selling more than 14 million copies last year alone, Colleen Hoover’s novels, such as It Ends with Us and It Begins with Us, continue to dominate bestseller lists in 2023, and publishers are ...

As Christian romances make their way to theaters, their writers are seizing opportunities for evangelism. This spring, Someone Like You, based on the Christian romance novel by author Karen Kingsbury ...

DENVER — The Christian book business, optimistic that a little literary escapism might be an antidote for readers in hard times, is turning to bonnets, buggies and bloodsuckers. Even as Christian ...

Publishing Christian fiction can pay, and pay big, but it’s harder than ever to succeed in the category, publishers say. Many companies have abandoned Christian fiction in recent years and others have ...

The Pierce County Library is living up to its “cutting edge” spirit by piloting a Christian fiction collection at the South Hill branch, the largest of its kind across the entire system, standing at ...