In 1997, DeeAnne Gist caught the attention of a top New York literary agent. Though impressed by her book manuscript, a romance set in 16th-century Jamestown, Va., the agency felt it was too risky to ...

Publishing Christian fiction can pay, and pay big, but it’s harder than ever to succeed in the category, publishers say. Many companies have abandoned Christian fiction in recent years and others have ...

Along with the general popularity of the Christian and inspirational fiction genre, the visibility of African-American authors who write Christian-themed stories has increased. But some authors and ...

On this week's Weekend Edition Saturday, Scott Simon talks to author Shelley Shepard Gray. Gray writes what are sometimes referred to as "bonnet rippers" -- Amish-themed romance novels, which are a ...

And other replies to the January/February issue. It’s long been clear that CT readers are also book readers, and we see this especially around our January/February Book Awards issue. This year, we saw ...

Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading mystery fiction can strengthen moral discernment and help believers ...

Karen Kingsbury, the reigning queen of Christian fiction, lives on a hilltop just outside Vancouver in a spacious modern Tudor house, with a sweeping driveway and a large, landscaped pool. This is the ...

Controversy brews over labels on Christian novels. Atlanta novelist Creston Mapes is thrilled that a recent weekend of free Kindle downloads gained him legions of new followers. That despite some ...

Fundamentalist Christian support for President Trump is a commonly known, if poorly understood, political dynamic in the United States today. That support sometimes takes surprising shape to outsiders ...

Christian Fiction is on the decline, as overall book sales have plummeted 15% from 2013 to 2014. Today we look at some of the reasons why this sector is crashing and what the industry is doing about ...