What Happens on a Road Trip… The story behind Larkspur: A Mouse’s Tale (and a sneak peek!)
Releasing November 27th Available now for pre-order: E-Book Paperback Available in Hardcover 11/27! WHY write a story about mice? I certainly never expected to write a story about mice, though one of my favorite fictional characters is Reepicheep, the valiant...
The Journey of Runs-Far: Happy Release Day!
It's with much excitement that I announce the release of The Journey of Runs-Far. Did you think you'd seen the last of the Kindred characters with October's publication of Shiloh? No, indeed! There's more to the story. Three story questions went unanswered, simply...
A Kindred Series Bibliography
For readers and fellow historical fiction writers interested in the research behind the Kindred series (Mountain Laurel, Shiloh, and The Journey of Runs-Far, a Kindred novella), what follows is the combined bibliography for all three books. This list isn't complete....
The Journey of Runs-Far: an excerpt
Want to read the opening scenes of the soon-to-be-released novella, The Journey of Runs-Far, a story that puts a cap on the Kindred series (Mountain Laurel and Shiloh) and revisits characters from some of my earlier novels (details here)? Be my guest! Prologue...
The Journey of Runs-Far, a Kindred novella
And so a duology became a series... In case you haven't met already, let me introduce you to The Journey of Runs-Far, a Kindred novella, releasing November 23, 2021. A final journey uncovers the hidden wounds of an old man’s soul, as he clings to hope that the God who...
Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #4
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 10/21 at noon MST...
Shiloh: Deleted Scene
It's no secret I write longish historical novels. What you may not know is that the novel that's published is a much edited and trimmed down version of my original draft. For good reason. I've been known to produce a first draft that's more than twice the length of...
Shiloh: Book Club Kit
If your book club plans to read Shiloh (and I hope you do!), Tyndale House and I have put together a special Book Club Kit for you. Inside this kit you'll find: An exclusive letter from me, including recipes that recreate a meal the characters might have eaten, cooked...
In The Beginning…
The beginning of me as a writer, that is. It started way back, and I have documented proof, thanks to my grandmother, Margaret Johnson, who kept it for me. Her note reads: "Lori -- I'm enclosing a story you wrote and sent me in 1978. A foretaste of what you would be...
Shiloh: Sneak Peek
Shiloh releases one month from today and I'm thrilled we're so close to the release date. I've been waiting many years to share this second half of Ian and Seona's story with you, as well as granting my long-time readers the thing they've asked me for by far more than...