The Plot Thickens | Sandra Byrd

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.

Sandra Byrd earned her first rejection at the age of thirteen and has now published more than forty books, including a Christy Award finalist and two Library Journal Best Book Picks. Before she began writing full-time, Sandra worked in marketing, sales, and acquisitions for an educational publisher. She and her husband have two children, and keep house and garden in Seattle, where they recently moved. They have a Provence-inspired front garden and a beautiful view of a lake (but no yard work!) in the back. Besides a variety of flowers, Sandra grows blueberries, squash, chocolate cherry tomatoes—and even a nest of little birds in one side of the geranium window box. Find out more about Sandra at www.sandrabyrd.com.

Sandra’s office in her Seattle home with beautiful lake views.

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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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