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Vannetta Chapman holds a BA and MA degree in English and has published over one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving over two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. Her first Amish novel with Abingdon Press, A Simple Amish Christmas, quickly became a Christian Books Distributor bestseller. Her first Quilt Shop Murder Mystery, Falling to Pieces (Zondervan), will release in September of 2011–the first in a three book series. She has also signed a contract for a three book Amish romance series with Harvest House to release in 2012-2013.
I grew up in Paris, Texas where we had a small, two room library–one for adults and another for children. By the time I was in fifth grade, I was allowed into the adult room, because I’d pretty much exhausted the collection in the children’s room. I’m sure I owe a debt of gratitude to those librarians. I began writing Amish fiction at the request of my agent, but I soon found many connections between the Plain life and my own. My grandfather was born and raised in Albion, Pennsylvania and he spoke German at home, English at school … as the Amish do today. Once I received a contract and travelled to Indiana and Wisconsin to research, my husband and I found that Amish families are similar in many ways to rural Texas families: close-knit, simple, hardworking, and honest. Their lives offer unlimited possibilities for an author, and I’m honored to count many of the people we’ve met in our travels as my friends.
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