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Janette Oke
www.JanetteOke.com
Upcoming Releases:
The Distant
Beacon with T. Davis
Bunn March, 2002
Janette Oke pioneered
inspirational fiction and is the leading author in
the category today. Love Comes Softly, Janette's
first novel, has sold over 1 million copies. Janette
is now the best selling author of over 40 books, 32
of which have been translated into fourteen languages.
Janette receives fan mail from all over the world
and answers each letter personally She received the
1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian
Publishers Association for her significant contribution
to Christian fiction, and has been awarded the coveted
Gold Medallion Award for fiction. Janette and her
husband, Edward, have four grown children and nine
grandchildren and make their home in Canada. (c) Bethanyhouse.com
Janette Oke was born
in Champion, Alberta, during the depression years,
to a Canadian prairie farmer and his wife. She is
a graduate of Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury,
Alberta, where she met her husband, Edward. They were
married in May of 1957 and went on to pastor churches
in Indiana as well as Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada.
The Okes have three
sons and one daughter and are enjoying the addition
of grandchildren to the family. Edward and Janette
have both been active in their local church, serving
in various capacities as Sunday school teachers and
board members. They make their home near Calgary,
Alberta. (c) Bethany House Publishers
Janette Oke is one
of my all-time favourite authors. She is a well-loved
author among the Christian Historical Fiction genre
as well. She writes with clarity, feeling, descriptive
phrases, and a poignancy that moves the reader to anger,
happiness, despair, sadness, and joy all within the
same novel. I have shed many tears and laughed
with mirthful abandon, sometimes within the same chapter.
She is particularly well-known and loved for her prairie
stories, often depicting strong women facing incredible
odds against nature and enemies of mankind as they struggle
for their existence and that of their families in a
harsh and sometimes hostile environment. Lately,
Mrs. Oke has ventured into telling stories set in different
historical time frames such as her recent Acadian novels,
The Meeting Place and The Sacred Shore.
Janette Oke
has also written many children's books as well. I have
not had a chance to read any of her children's books
yet, but they look as delightful and entertaining as
her adult fiction books.
Dana's
Valley
With Laurel Oke
Logan
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The
Meeting Place Series
with
T. Davis Bunn
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With T. Davis Bunn
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Return
to Harmony
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Another
Homecoming
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Contemporary Fiction
with
T. Davis Bunn
Tomorrow's Dream
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Historical Fiction
by Janette Oke
Seasons of the Heart
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for a review
Women of the West
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Canadian West
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for a review
Love Comes Softly
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for a review
A Prairie Legacy
by Janette Oke
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a review
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