Spotlight on...
Francine
Rivers
N
ew York Times best-selling author Francine
Rivers began her literary career at the University
of Nevada, Reno, where she graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English and journalism. From 1976 to 1985, she had a successful writing career in the general market, and her books
were highly acclaimed by readers and reviewers.
Although raised in a religious home, Francine did
not truly encounter Christ until later in life, when
she was already a wife, a mother of three, and an
established romance novelist.
Shortly after becoming a born-again Christian
in 1986, Francine wrote Redeeming Love as her
statement of faith. This retelling of the biblical
story of Gomer and Hosea, set during the time
of the California Gold Rush, is now considered by
many to be a classic work of Christian fiction. Redeeming Love continues to be one of the CBA’s
top-selling titles, and it has held a spot on the
Christian best-seller list for nearly a decade.
Since Redeeming Love, Francine has published
numerous novels with Christian themes - all best
sellers - The Last Sin Eater, earned her the CBA
Gold Medal award and has since been made into
a feature film - and she has continued to win
both industry acclaim and reader loyalty around
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the globe. Her Christian novels have been awarded or nominated for numerous honours, including the RITA Award, the Christy Award, the ECPA
Gold Medallion, and the Holt Medallion in Honour of Outstanding Literary Talent. In 1997, after
winning her third RITA Award for inspirational
fiction, Francine was inducted into the Romance
Writers of America’s Hall of Fame. Francine is
dearly loved by fiction readers all around the
world. Her novels have been translated into over
20 different languages, and she enjoys best-seller
status in many foreign countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, and South Africa.
Francine and her husband, Rick, live in northern
California and enjoy time spent with their three
grown children and taking every opportunity to
spoil their grandchildren. Francine uses her writing to draw closer to the Lord, and she desires
that through her work she might worship and
praise Jesus for all He has done and is doing in
her life.`
~ Publisher.