Max Lucado
Beloved Thomas Nelson author Max Lucado loves words. Written or spoken, he enjoys crafting sentences that are memorable and inspiring. Max’s words have been shaped into sermons, best-selling books, videos, devotionals, songs, greeting cards, booklets and commentaries. More than 100 million Lucado products have been created in 41 languages, including 80 million books to date. Lucado books have appeared on every major national bestseller list including Publishers Weekly, USA Today, The New York Times, Evangelical Christian Publishers Association and the Christian Booksellers Association, and sixteen of his titles have sold more than one million copies each. In 2005 Reader’s Digest magazine named him “America’s Best Preacher,” and Christianity Today magazine dubbed him “America’s Pastor” in 2004. Lucado has been featured in countless media outlets and national broadcasts including “Fox & Friends,” “CNN American Morning” and “Good Morning America.” Max Lucado has served the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, since 1988. He and his wife Denalyn have three grown daughters—Jenna, Andrea and Sara—and one son-in-law, Brett. His most recent release with Thomas Nelson, The Lucado Inspirational Reader, provides encouragement and hope for every day. To learn more about Max Lucado please visit www.thomasnelson.com.
Colleen Coble
Colleen Coble is one of Thomas Nelson’s most prolific and adored authors, with her unique brand of romance and romantic suspense an important part of our Fiction offerings for ten years. “I write romantic mysteries because I love to see justice prevail,” says Colleen. Romantic Times notes that, “Coble has a special flair for spinning stories that make readers believe they are making friends with real people,” and Library Journal says that Colleen, “keeps the sparks flying,” in her romantic novels. Fellow author Karen Kingsbury calls Colleen a “master storyteller.” Colleen’s many fans enjoy the personal way she makes readers feel like cherished friends, fostering long-term relationships online and frequently consulting readers for opinions on what they want to see next in her work.
Blue Moon Promise releases February 2012, the first in Colleen’s new Under Texas Stars historical series. Tidewater Inn, a contemporary romantic suspense novel and the first in the Hope Beach Series, goes on sale in July. Colleen collaborated with friends and fellow authors Kristin Billerbeck, Diann Hunt, and Denise Hunter to write Smitten, a charming collection of four novellas. Colleen is a mentor to other authors and aspiring writers, serving as CEO of American Christian Fiction Writers, and a member of Romance Writers of America. Her forty novels have won or finaled in awards ranging from the Best Books of Indiana, ACFW Book of the Year, RWA’s RITA, the Holt Medallion, the Daphne du Maurier, National Readers’ Choice, and the Booksellers Best. She lives with her husband Dave in Indiana. Visit her website at www.colleencoble.com. Twitter @colleencoble
Sarah Young
Sarah Young’s devotional writing is helping untold numbers of women and men in their quest for intimacy with Christ. With over 3.5 million products sold, including Jesus Calling, Jesus Calling for Kids, and the Jesus Calling Devotional Bible, Young’s works inspire young and old. Readers anticipate her next devotional work, Jesus Today, slated to release in Fall 2012. Sarah has a degree in philosophy from Wellesley and holds graduate degrees in psychology/counseling from Tufts, Georgia State, and Covenant Seminary. Sarah and her husband have traveled widely, counseling and planting churches in Japan and Australia. They currently minister to Japanese people living in Perth, Australia.” To learn more about Sarah Young and her products please visit www.thomasnelson.com.
