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The Plot Thickens | Ruth Axtell

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Each Sunday “Inspired by Life…and Fiction” shares with our readers a Christian novelist’s newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration.

 

Ruth Axtell loves writing about the 19th century, whether it’s Regency or late Victorian England. Ruth studied comparative literature at Smith College, spending her junior year at the Sorbonne in Paris. After college, she taught English in the Canary Islands, then worked in international development in Miami before moving to the Netherlands, where for the next several years she juggled writing and raising her three children. With the publication of Her Good Name, she returned to coastal Maine in the 1890s. For Ruth, gardening (both vegetable and flower) is a source of inspiration in Downeast Maine and something to look forward to during the winter months. Visit Ruth online at www.ruthaxtell.com.

Ruth stops at a sidewalk café
while in Paris on a research trip.


 

 

 

 

 

A view of Ruth’s garden when she lived in Holland.
Ruth’s office-with-a-view in her Maine home.

For more about Ruth’s books, visit www.ruthaxtell.com.

For more “novel gardens” like this, visit The Plot Thickens.

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Deborah Raney

DEBORAH RANEY's first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched Deb’s writing career. Forty books later, she's still creating stories that touch hearts and lives. Her novels have won RWA's RITA Award, the ACFW Carol Award, the National Readers Choice Award, and the HOLT Medallion. She is also a three-time Christy Award finalist. Deb is on faculty for several national writers’ conferences and served on the executive board of the 2,500-member American Christian Fiction Writers organization for 18 years before retiring in 2022. She is a recent transplant to Missouri, having moved with her husband, Ken Raney, from their native Kansas to be closer to kids and grandkids. They love road trips, e-biking, Friday garage sale dates, and breakfast on the screened porch overlooking their wooded backyard.
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Comments

  1. As an avid gardener, I’m loving these glimpses into your authorly gardens. 🙂 Especially like the kitty in the tree.

  2. I want to add….to Kav’s comments above….that I, too, am loving these glimpses into your authorly gardens! I do not garden though due to age/health!

  3. Hi Ruth! Love your lovely flowers – – and the white kitty is gorgeous! 🙂
    I’ve never visited Maine, but it’s on my “Wish List” of places to visit someday.
    Blessings from Georgia, Patti Jo

    p.s. You have a special place in my heart, because at my 2nd ACFW Conference, you and Leann Harris prayed over me
    after you realized I had major back problems. I’m convinced your prayers enabled me to enjoy the conference with minimal
    pain that weekend! 🙂

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