Each Sunday “Inspired by Life…and Fiction” shares a Christian novelist’s newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration.
Linda Leigh Hargrove is a native of the Blacklands of North Carolina, a farm-rich portion of the northeastern corner of the state. Linda uses her Southern roots as a springboard for her essays and fiction that include the personality of the state she loves. After graduating from North Carolina State University with a Masters in Agricultural Engineering, Linda worked for over four years as an environmental engineer for the State of North Carolina. That position gave her the chance to experience the character, humor, and bigness of the nation, but especially that of her favorite state. Linda lives, gardens, and writes in North Carolina, with her husband and three sons. Read more at www.llhargrove.com.
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| Linda’s office in her North Carolina home. |
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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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Nice to meet you, Linda! I’ve added your books to my TBR stack! And I love your tomato chairs 🙂
Thanks, Danielle. Happy reading (and gardening).
What a cute idea- the chairs. I have seen whole bed frames in very rural gardens but that is way cuter. Love your pics, too.
Thank you, Sandy. Whole bed frames! Nice idea. If only my garden was that big. I did think of using the side of an old baby crib for my melon trellis. Just could not find the right one. Maybe next year. Happy gardening.
Interesting interview. I enjoyed the pictures, especially the flowers. That’s an interesting use of old chairs.