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Faith Hope & Love Christian Writers

Faith Hope & Love Christian Writers

May Member News

News for May

News May 15, 2025

Congratulations to our members on their achievements!


  • Julia Casselman is a semi-finalist in the ACFW Genesis Awards.
  • Kristi Woods received a full manuscript request, advancing her to round two in Love Inspired’s 2025 Great Author Search. Also, Spark Flash Fiction published her military-themed piece, A Perfect Match, in their current spring issue. 
  • Danielle Grandinetti signed a three-book contract with Ashberry Lane, the romance imprint of WhiteFire Publishing Group, for a 1930s historical romantic suspense trilogy.
  • Rhonda Starnes just signed a new three book contract with Love Inspired Suspense.
  • LeAnne Bristow’s Harlequin Heartwarming book, Her Hometown Soldier’s Return, is a finalist in the Carolyn Readers Choice Awards and the New England Readers Choice Awards. 
  • Kimberly Absher has moved onto Round 2 of the Billionaire Blitz with Harlequin Romance. 
  • Deena Alexander signed with a new agent, Elaine Spencer of The Knight Agency. She has also received an offer from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense for four books in a new FBI Missing Persons Unit series which takes place in the Pacific Northwest.
  • Tracy Del Campo was named a semi-finalist for the Short Novel category in the ACFW Genesis Contest, a finalist for the Serious Writer Awards Writer of the Year, and her story, Taking a Chance on Love, was published in the Spring 2025 issue of Spark Flash Fiction.
  • Laurie Winter signed a contract for her first Harlequin Heartwarming story.
  • Laura Iding’s Love Inspired Suspense book, Chasing a Kidnapper, hit the New York Times Mass Market paperback list at number 9.
  • Lenora Worth’s recent release, Undercover in Amish Country, has made the Publisher’s Weekly bestseller list.
  • Dalyn Weller signed another book contract with Sunrise Publishing.
  • Kathleen Rouser signed a contract with Wild Heart Books for two more books in my Stone Creek Brides series. 
  • Traci Summeril’s Love Inspired Suspense book, Secrets Beneath the Snow, writing as Teresa Summers, was on the New York Times Bestseller list.
  • Carrie Turansky signed a contract with Wild Heart Books for a novella, A Trusting Heart, part of the Christmas Mail-Order Brides novella collection releasing 9/9/25.
  • Mindy Obenhaus’s Love Inspired, An Unexpected Companion, made the Publisher’s Weekly bestseller list.

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