Features

Military Suspense Q&A: Ryan Steck (Gone Dark)

By Kaylisa Montijo / June 16, 2025

Ryan Steck is an editor, an author, and the founder and editor in chief of The Real Book Spy. Ryan has been named an “Online Influencer” by Amazon and is a regular columnist at CrimeReads. TheRealBookSpy.com has been endorsed by #1 New York Times bestselling authors Mark Greaney, C. J. Box, Kyle Mills, Daniel Silva,…

Read More

Historical Q&A: Amy Lynn Green (The Codebreaker’s Daughter)

By Kaylisa Montijo / June 16, 2025

Amy Lynn Green has always loved history and reading, and she enjoys speaking with book clubs, writing groups, and libraries all around the country. Her debut novel, Things We Didn’t Say, was nominated for a 2021 Minnesota Book Award and won two Carol Awards. Things We Didn’t Say and The Blackout Book Club received starred…

Read More

Contemporary Q&A: Sara Brunsvold (The Atlas of Untold Stories)

By Kaylisa Montijo / June 16, 2025

Sara Brunsvold is the Christy Award–winning author of The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip and The Divine Proverb of Streusel. She creates stories that boldly engage contemporary issues through the lens of hope and unshakable faith. Her passion is to connect with readers first through books, then through meaningful conversation. She lives with her family…

Read More

Historical Q&A: Elizabeth Musser (From the Valley We Rise)

By Kaylisa Montijo / June 7, 2025

Elizabeth Musser writes “entertainment with a soul” from her writing chalet (a toolshed) outside Lyon, France. A Carol Award winner and Christy Award and Georgia Author of the Year finalist, Elizabeth’s critically acclaimed novels have been translated into multiple languages and have been international bestsellers. The Swan House was named one of Georgia’s Top Ten…

Read More

Historical Romance Q&A: Michelle Griep (Of Silver and Secrets)

By Kaylisa Montijo / June 5, 2025

Michelle Griep has been writing since she first discovered blank wall space and Crayola. She is a Christy Award–winning author of historical romances that both intrigue and evoke a smile. She’s an anglophile at heart, and you’ll most often find her partaking of a proper cream tea while scheming up her next novel . .…

Read More

Amish Suspense Q&A: Shelley Shepard Gray (Unshaken)

By Kaylisa Montijo / June 5, 2025

Shelley Shepard Gray is The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 100 books, including Unforgiven and Unforgotten. Two-time winner of the HOLT Medallion and a Carol Award finalist, Gray lives in Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town’s…

Read More

Historical Romance Q&A: Gabrielle Meyer (Every Hour Until Then)

By Kaylisa Montijo / June 2, 2025

Gabrielle Meyer is a Christy Award winner and ECPA bestselling author. She has worked for state and local historical societies and loves writing fiction inspired by real people, places, and events. She currently resides along the banks of the Mississippi River in central Minnesota with her husband and four children. By day, she’s a busy…

Read More

Historical Romance Q&A: Tracie Peterson & Kimberley Woodhouse (An Unexpected Grace)

By Kaylisa Montijo / June 2, 2025

Tracie Peterson is the bestselling author of more than 100 novels, both historical and contemporary, with more than 6 million copies sold. She has won the ACFW Lifetime Achievement Award and the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Her avid research resonates in her many bestselling series. Tracie and her family make their home in Montana.…

Read More

Contemporary Romance Q&A: Liz Johnson (Sometimes You Stay)

By Kaylisa Montijo / May 31, 2025

By day, Liz Johnson works in marketing. She finds time to write late at night and is a Christy Award finalist and a two-time ACFW Carol Award finalist. Liz makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona where she enjoys theater, exploring local history, and doting on her nieces and nephews. She loves stories of true love…

Read More

Historical Author Q&A: Jane Kirkpatrick (Across the Crying Sands)

By Kaylisa Montijo / May 29, 2025

Jane Kirkpatrick is the New York Times and CBA bestselling and award-winning author of more than 40 books, including Beneath the Bending Skies, A Light in the Wilderness, The Memory Weaver, This Road We Traveled, and A Sweetness to the Soul, which won the prestigious Wrangler Award from the Western Heritage Center. Her works have…

Read More