Why I Started Writing:

Hunting through a stack of Christmas plays left my mom and me frustrated. We searched for something different to present the familiar Christmas message. My writing journey began years ago with Christmas and Easter plays designed for our small country church. Each one stressed believing in Jesus, the Son of God, to receive eternal life. My reason for writing remains the same.

Authors Who Have Influenced Me:

Working in a Christian bookstore introduced me to Christian fiction. Brock and Bodie Thoene, in the Zion Chronicles and Zion Covenant series, amazed me with their talent to weave characters, places, and intrigue into actual historic events. Francine Rivers did the same in The Mark of the Lion series, which took me to my favorite historical setting—the Bible.

Books I Have Written:

The Nazarene’s Price and its sequel Cost & Crown are biblical fiction works. The first novel reveals the pursuing love of Christ for the rich young ruler. The second delves into the book Acts and features Peter’s fictional daughter’s faith in the face of trials. My most recent work is Damian’s Search. This children’s early chapter story takes Damian and his three friends on a search for their questions and the color of love. The search takes Damian farther than he would have dreamed.

What I'm Working On Now:

My current WIP is another biblical fiction novel that is more than a Christmas story. I am about a third of the way through the first draft and hope to complete the story by the end of this year-2025.

I regularly post inspiration posts on my website, Meeting Jesus With Donna Stearns.