Behind the Stories: Christian Novelists Reveal the Heart in the Art of Their Writing

Need encouragement? This is the book for you. Behind the Stories is packed with personal stories and life lessons from your favorite authors. It is an inspiring read you will want to share with others.

Today's Christian novelists entertain and inspire millions with their heart-warming and thought-provoking books. Yet few readers really ever get the chance to know these talented writers beyond the brief biographies included in their novels.

Behind the Stories now offers a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the personal lives of dozens of your favorite storytellers, revealing their hopes and dreams, their successes and failures, and providing fascinating insights about what it means to craft stories from a Christian worldview.

These honest discussions of fear and faith, of compromise and calling, include never-before-published thoughts and insights that will enrich your life -- and your future fiction-reading experiences.

Contributions by: Bill Myers, Sharon Ewell Foster, Randy Alcorn, Jim Walker, Robin Jones Gunn, Judith Pella, Melody Carlson, Jamie Langston Turner, Karen Kingsbury, Catherine Palmer, Jane Peart, Alton Gansky, Lawana Blackwell, Janette Oke, Linda Chaikin, Lori Copeland, Patricia Hickman, Lynn Marzulli, Robin Lee Hatcher, Angela Elwell Hunt, Patricia Sprinkle, Bodie Thoene, Terri Blackstock, Athol Dickson, Francine Rivers, Jan Karon, Jane Kirkpatrick, Anne de Graaf, Lisa Tawn Bergren, Beverly Lewis, Peggy Stoks, Dee Henderson, Gilbert Morris, Jack Cavanaugh, T. Davis Bunn, Lizz Curtis Higgs, Jerry B. Jenkins, Diane Noble, Penelope J. Stokes, Deborah Raney.