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Not many authors can successfully make the switch from writing historical romance to contemporary thriller and—if I can be brutally honest—I wasn’t sure how Siri Mitchell would do. A lot of this was based in [...] The post Everywhere to Hide: A Conversation with Siri Mitchell appeared first on Life Is Story.

I’ve been diving into a lot of non-fiction recently, with the terrible side effect of not having as much time for fiction. It’d been a while since my last Christian fiction novel when I picked [...] The post Two Reasons to Run: A Conversation with Colleen Coble appeared first on Life Is Story.

Rachelle Dekker has jumped from genre to genre throughout her writing career, but her work thematically seems to always come back to question of identity and humanity. I called Rachelle to talk about her upcoming [...] The post In Search of Identity: A Conversation with Rachelle Dekker appeared first on Life Is Story.

I picked this book up based on the title and nothing else. I had long been disillusioned with the American Dream, even as I still harbored a secret desire for it. My social and political [...] The post The Myth of the American Dream: A Conversation with D.L. Mayfield appeared first on Life Is Story.

Biblical fiction is a difficult genre. There are so many expectations, limitations, and interpretations that an author must carefully weave through—all while imaginatively going “beyond the text” to bring the story to life. In recent [...] The post Daughter of Rome: A Conversation with Tessa Afshar appeared first on Life Is Story.

When Life is Story relaunched, we did so from scratch. As the site has grown (over 15k visitors this month!), I’ve started to work on reformatting or republishing our years of archives. Almost immediately, I [...] The post Tales of Goldstone Wood Remembered: A Conversation with Sylvia Mercedes/Anne Elisabeth Stengl appeared first on Life Is Story.

There’s great power in a good story. Stories bring us together, help us find common ground, take us on a common journey. In Stories That Bind Us, Susie Finkbeiner weaves a compelling relational narrative about [...] The post Stories That Bind Us: A Conversation with Susie Finkbeiner appeared first on Life Is Story.

If you’ve ever gone searching for a new Bible, you know that the process can be overwhelming. Not only do you have dozens of English language translations to choose from, but there’s also dozens of [...] The post Life Essentials Interactive Study Bible: A Conversation with Gene Getz appeared first on Life Is Story.

I figured getting an interview with Mark Galli was a long shot. Galli had just retired from his position at Christianity Today, going out with a scathing indictment of the Trump administration that landed him [...] The post When Did We Start Forgetting God? – A Conversation with Mark Galli appeared first on Life Is Story.

The world of Scripture is vastly different than my life here in the 21st century western world. As I’ve spent my life digging into Scripture, I’ve learned that a key to interpreting it well is [...] The post Seeing Jesus from the East: A Conversation with Abdu Murray appeared first on Life Is Story.

Middle-grade fiction isn’t exactly my top genre, but when I saw the cover of The Edge of Everywhen, I mentally put it in my “possibilities” pile. Just a few days afterward, the book’s publicist reached out [...] The post The Edge of Everywhen: A Conversation with A.S. Mackey appeared first on Life Is Story.

In 2010, Ted Dekker closed out The Lost Books in a stunning fashion, returning for a two-book salvo that picks up where the initial four-book set (Chosen, Infidel, Renegade, and Chaos) left off. These final [...] The post The Lost Books: Looking Back with Kaci Hill appeared first on Life Is Story.

Blast back in time to 2010 when Ted Dekker promised to give readers another trilogy in the vein of the Circle—but with a Tosca Lee twist. The Books of Mortals (Forbidden, Mortal, and Sovereign) take [...] The post The Books of Mortals: Looking Back with Tosca Lee appeared first on Life Is Story.

I don’t typically read women’s fiction. I am, after all, a thirty-year-old man. I’m not the target demographic. And yet, when the publisher contacted me to ask if I’d consider reading Beth Vogt’s The Best [...] The post The Best We’ve Been: A Conversation with Beth Vogt appeared first on Life Is Story.

Join Mike Nawrocki (co-creator of VeggieTales) and Josh Olds as they sit down for a discussion of Nawrocki’s new and upcoming projects, from the latest books in the Dead Sea Squirrels to brand new VeggieTales [...] The post VeggieTales & Dead Sea Squirrels | A Conversation with Mike Nawrocki appeared first on Life Is Story.

What do you think of when you hear the term “monastic rhythm”? Is it all chanting in Latin, burlap robes, and communal living in the medieval times? Or is there something from the Benedictines we [...] The post Gravitas, Monastic Rhythms, and Leadership: A Conversation with Jerome Daley appeared first on Life Is Story.

Most devotionals tend toward encouragement or self-improvement. They’re simple, light-hearted reads perfect for the beginning of the day. The Insanity of Sacrifice takes that tried and tested formula and turns it upside down. This isn’t [...] The post The Insanity of Sacrifice: A Conversation with Nik Ripken appeared first on Life Is Story.

The best way to describe The New Testament in its World is massive. It’s one of those volumes that literally stands on its own, a compendium of a lifetime of research. But it’s also accessible—not [...] The post The New Testament in its World: A Conversation with Michael Bird appeared first on Life Is Story.

If there was an award for oddest genre mashup, the Peril in Plain Space series just might take the top award. Following in the vein of books like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer or Pride and [...] The post Amish Vampires in Space: An Interview with Kerry Nietz appeared first on Life Is Story.

It took a whole recession to keep me from student loan debt. I was a middle-class kid from a small town who never really thought much about college. You go, you pay as much as [...] The post Debt-Free Degree: A Conversation with Anthony Oneal appeared first on Life Is Story.