Before I get to the "official" bio, I have to say I'm ADDICTED to books. It would take me forever to list all of them on Shelfari. But I did put the books I wrote under my "favorites" ... just to make them easy to be found! (And there are my other real favorites listed, too.)

I love fiction, parenting, marriage, and Christian life...more »

Before I get to the "official" bio, I have to say I'm ADDICTED to books. It would take me forever to list all of them on Shelfari. But I did put the books I wrote under my "favorites" ... just to make them easy to be found! (And there are my other real favorites listed, too.)

I love fiction, parenting, marriage, and Christian life books. Of course most of my purchases are for my research. I buy/read about 50 books for every novel I write ... seriously. The same is true for my non-fiction books.

I have tons of books about WWII, The Spanish Civil War, parenting, teens. (Yes, you should see my collection of dating books!)

I'm currently under contract to write a novel for Guideposts (yeah!) ... and I'm just about to sign a three-book historical fiction contract with Moody Publishers.

I'm looking forward to connect to other readers!

NOW the "official" bio:

Tricia Goyer has published over 300 articles for national publications such as Today’s Christian Woman, Guideposts for Kids, and Focus on the Family, and is the co-author of Meal Time Moments (Focus on the Family). She has led numerous Bible Studies, and her study notes appear in the Women of Faith Study Bible (Zondervan).

She has written seven novels for Moody Publishing: From Dust and Ashes (2003); Night Song (2004), Dawn of a Thousand Nights (2005); Arms of Deliverance (2006); A Valley of Betrayal (2007); A Shadow of Treason (Fall 2007); and A Whisper of Freedom (Spring 2008).

Night Song was awarded American Christian Fiction Writer’s 2005 Book of the Year for Best Long Historical. Dawn of a Thousand Nights won the same award in 2006.

Tricia has also written Life Interrupted: The Scoop on Being a Young Mom (Zondervan, 2004), 10 Minutes to Showtime (Thomas Nelson, 2004), and Generation NeXt Parenting (Multnomah, 2006). Life Interrupted was a 2005 Gold Medallion finalist in the Youth Category.

Also, coming out in the next year are: My Life, Unscripted (Thomas Nelson, 2007), Generation NeXt Marriage (Multnomah, Spring 2008), and 3:16—the teen version of the a book by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson, Spring 2008).

Tricia and her husband John live with their three children in Kalispell, Montana. Tricia’s grandmother also lives with them, and Tricia volunteers mentoring teen moms and leading children’s church. Although Tricia doesn’t live on a farm, she can hit one with a rock by standing on her back porch and giving it a good throw. « less