Bryan is a Christian fantasy novelist with a lot of
marketing savvy and energy. His Dragons in Our
Midst and Oracles of Fire novels have succeeded largely
because of his extensive speaking schedule where he addresses home school
groups and local libraries. He's also a skilled craftsman in the craft of
fiction. His books are for a youth audience.
With a name like Leathel the guy's got
to be someone to be reckoned with, wouldn't you think? And Leathel
certainly is. He's an author, a Web design genius, and a computer game
designer.
His Web site dedicated to Christian science fiction
and fantasy is easily the coolest-looking such site on the
Web.
And who's ever heard of a Christian
MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game)? Well, he's
designing one! Check it out.
I'm very impressed with Mr. Grody. He's
definitely a kindred spirit.
Here are his novels, the Foundations of Hope trilogy. Books 1 and 2 are
due out in paperback in May 2007. Book 3 is coming soon.
Sharon has published some fun (and even a little
speculative) chick-lit fiction with Bethany House. But her first love is
Christian fantasy. With no contracts and only the love of her stories
burning in her, she wrote the entire manuscripts for her Restorer trilogy.
Russell is an an interesting guy. He's
a professional mapmaker (which comes out in his world-building) and a New
Zealander, to boot. This series, "The Fire of Heaven" trilogy, was
originally released in Australia/NZ but has now come to the U.S. I've been
told he's a Christian author and these are Christian novels. They look
fun.
It would be easy to argue that Stephen Lawhead ought
to be placed in the category of industry-shaping giants of Christian
speculative fiction. His Pendragon series was among the first I discovered
in Christian bookstores. Some of the images from Taliesinthe bull leaping, for instancestick in my mind to this
day.
Stephen has moved on to mostly secular publishing
now, as this is where he's found a larger audience. But his origins are
with us and he has still provided some of the most wonderful Christian
fantasy of the modern era. His novel Byzantium, though technically a historical and
not speculative, is still the finest Christian novel I've ever read.
Carole's fantasy novel is one I looked at while
acquisitions editor at Realms and NavPress. Excellent writing and bold
vision, and by an African-American woman author, to
boot!
This novel is being published by a secular publisher
but it's Christian through and through. Check it out.
Maureen's YA fiction is fun because it
takes its imagery and themes from fairy tales. Not the Disney kind, but
the original Grimm's kind, or the kind from Celtic mythology, in which
there really are monsters and in which singing princesses get quickly
eaten.
The title of the first novel, for
instance, comes from the story of the three little pigs.
Calvin Miller is best known for his Singer trilogy of poetry, which every Christian
should read.
But he has also produced a fantasy
trilogy called The Singreale Chronicles.
Though mainly for a youth audience it is still an interesting read for
adults.
And he is coming out with a new series
from B&H: The Kinta Chronicles.
It was my great pleasure to bring Miles
to the reading public. I "discovered" his fantasy fiction while I was at
Realms. Daughter of Prophecy became one of
the four novels (and the only fantasy) that we launched Realms with. It
was also my pleasure to be his editor.
I have, hanging on my wall in my home
office, an oversize poster of the original Cliff Nielsen illustration we
commissioned for Daughter of Prophecy. Miles
remains one of my favorite Christian fantasy authors.
Ron's Ballad of
Penumbria series is a historically rooted fantasy retelling of the
story of the church from Christ's first advent and on through to the
Millennial Kingdom.
Donita's cover for DragonSpell was the first cover I'd ever seen
that told me someone in the publishing industry might actually get Christian fantasy. Donita's books are for a
youth audience.
Jefferson Scott is one of my best
friends. In fact, I know him like a brother. More accurately, I know him
as myself. Because he's me! Jefferson Scott is my pen
name.
Since this is my Web page I get to tout
my own writing occasionally. You'll see the name listed again later in the
list. But if I could be known as anything as a Christian novelist, my goal
would be to be known as an author of Christian fantasy.
My own epic fantasy trilogyFog, Fire,
and Foeis the book of my heart. You
can read the prologue and first chapter here, though I'm rewriting and may
throw some or all of that out. But it's a good taste of the
world.
Gregory Spencer
These appear to be young adult
fantasies. They are published by Howard Books, a Christian
publisher.
Graham is a Brit dark Christian
fantasy. His first two novels co-released in the U.K. first and then in
the US through Penguin/Putnam for secular publishing and Realms for the
Christian market.
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