CHRISTIAN FICTION WRITERS: A SELECTED LIST

In recent years, Christian and inspirational fiction has really blossomed, and new writers are entering the field every day. Here are some authors you might not have met yet, and others who may be old favorites. Weve categorized the authors by genre, but note that many write in several different categories. CONTEMPORARY LIFE

Deborah Bedford James Scott Bell Melody Carlson Betty Smartt Carter Constance Colson Neva Coyle Andy Demsky Richard Paul Evans John Fischer Raymond Flynn Andrew M. Greeley Philip Gulley Linda Hall Earl Hamner, Jr. Dennis E. Hensley J. Lynne Hinton Jerry Jenkins Jan Karon Karen Kingsbury Yvonne Lehman Michael L. Lindvall Mike Magnuson Calvin Miller Marilyn F. Moriarty Gilbert Morris Bette Nordberg Janette Oke Delia Parr Frank Peretti Tracie Peterson Michael Phillips Suzy Pizzuti Deborah Raney Francine Rivers James C. Schaap Penelope J. Stokes Ann Tatlock Lori Wick

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SHORT STORIES

Patsy Clairmont Katherine Anne Douglas Tracie Peterson James C. Schaap Arnette Smith Lori Wick

BLACK LITERATURE

Angela Benson Sharon Ewell Foster Maurice M. Gray, Jr. Patricia Haley-Brown Linda Hudson-Smith Victoria Christopher Murray Clayton Sullivan Jacquelin Thomas

PARABLES

Al Anderson Bill Bright & Marion R. Wells Herbert R. Coursen Joseph F. Girzone Don Hawkins Kenny Kemp Calvin Miller D. Brian Shafer

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

Randy C. Alcorn Randall Arthur John Bayer Terri Blackstock Bill Bright Sigmund Brouwer Larry Burkett William Cutrer Chase Dalton Linda Dorrell Athol Dickson

Rosey Dow & Andrew Snaden Sue Duffy Nicholas T. Elko Alton Gansky Rene Gutteridge Dee Henderson James Byron Huggins C. J. Illinik Grant R. Jeffrey Shane Johnson Harry Lee Kraus, Jr. Christopher A. Lane Mark Lee David Ryan Long Paul Meier & Robert Wise J. M. T. Miller Kathi Mills-Macias Evelyn White Minshull Gilbert Morris Bill Myers Catherine Palmer Gary E. Parker Michael Phillips Gayle G. Roper Laurel Schunk Carol D. Slama Audrey Stallsmith Ed Stewart Susan Taggart Charles Turner Ellen Vaughn Jim Walker Robert Whitlow Eric E. Wiggin Robert L. Wise Sally S. Wright

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASYHORROR

James BeauSeigneur Joseph Bentz Randall Scott Ingermanson Jerry Jenkins Jan Lars Jensen Tim LaHaye Marlin Maddoux

L. A. Marzulli Bill Myers Michael D. OBrien John B. Olson M. Scott Peck William Proctor Pat Robertson Jefferson Scott Kathy Tyers Thomas Williams

ROMANCE

Ginny Aiken Isabella Alden Hannah Alexander Judy Baer Karen Ball Terri Blackstock Lawana Blackwell Stephen Bly Muriel Canfield Melody Carlson Lori Copeland Doris Elaine Fell Andrew M. Greeley Robin Jones Gunn Robin Lee Hatcher Dee Henderson Barbara Jean Hicks Liz Curtis Higgs Ruth Livingston Hill Kristen Johnson Ingram Sally John Grace Johnson Karen Kingsbury Bonnie Leon Beverly Lewis Shari Macdonald Gilbert Morris Jane Orcutt Catherine Palmer Judith Pella Lisa Samson Debra White Smith Lauraine Snelling

Lori Wick Susan DeVore Williams Linda Windsor

AMERICAN HISTORICAL

Mark Ammerman Lynn N. Austin Stephen Bly Sigmund Brouwer Jack Cavanaugh Linda Chaikin Lyn Cote Dianna Crawford Sharon Ewell Foster Earl Hamner, Jr. Kristen Heitzmann G. A. Henty B. J. Hoff Angela Elwell Hunt Jane Kirkpatrick Jim & Terri Kraus Al & Joanna Lacy Sally Laity Elyse Larson Mary McReynolds Kathleen Morgan Gilbert Morris Diane Noble Jane Orcutt Janette Oke Catherine Palmer Judith Pella Tracie Peterson Francine Rivers Marlo M. Schalesky Lauraine Snelling Tim Stafford Peggy Stoks Brock & Bodie Thoene Stephanie Grace Whitson Lori Wick Denise J. Williamson

HISTORICALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Lawana Blackwell Gloria Howe Bremenkamp (Biblical) Orson Scott Card (Biblical) Linda L. Chaikin Donna Fletcher Crow Gene Edwards (Biblical) Ruth Glover Reg Grant Lois T. Henderson (Biblical) G. A. Henty Marjorie Holmes (Biblical) Angela Elwell Hunt Thom Lemmons (Biblical) D. S. Lliteras (Biblical) Gerald N. Lund Cindy Martinusen-Coloma James R. Mills (Biblical) Judith Pella Michael Phillips Francine Rivers Herbert Francis Smith Brock & Bodie Thoene Walter Wangerin (Biblical) Murray Watts (Biblical) Linda Windsor John Hagee (Biblical)

CLASSICS

Taylor Caldwell Lloyd C. Douglas Grace Livingston Hill C. S. Lewis George Macdonald Catherine Marshall Charles Sheldon Charles Williams Harold Bell Wright

Taken from:http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/booklists/?id=christianfiction