Angela, describe yourself for our visitors.
In no particular order, I am a novelist, teacher, mother, wife, mastiff owner, reader, musician, student, aspiring theologian, and bubble gum connoisseur.
How do you find time to connect with God?
I take time each morning to have my Bible reading and prayer time, but what’s really been blowing my mind lately is my study of systematic theology. I’m three classes away from earning my doctorate in theology, and the study has been fascinating.
Tell us about your journey to publication.
That’d probably take longer than we have room for, but quite simply, for five years I wrote business letters, catalog copy, brochures, and magazine articles before I even DREAMED of writing a book. Then I saw an ad about a contest for unpublished children’s book writers . . . And boy, was I unpublished (in book form). So I ran to the library to get a book on how to write children’s picture books, I wrote up a manuscript, and sent it in. First prize was publication . . . So that was my first published book. (God has a delightful sense of humor.)
Tell us about your current book?
My September release is DOESN’T SHE LOOK NATURAL?, the story of a divorcee who inherits a funeral home. It’s realistic and fun.
How did you come up with ideas for your current release?
After reading Randy Alcorn’s HEAVEN, I wanted to write something about how we can live so that we are not afraid of death. A funeral home seemed the perfect setting for such a series.
List your most recent books.
THE ELEVATOR, From Steeple Hill; IDOLEYES, written with Mandisa, from Tyndale House; UNCHARTED, from Thomas Nelson; and THE NOVELIST, also from Thomas Nelson.
What’s next for you?
I just handed in SHE ALWAYS WORE RED, the second book in the
Where can visitors find you online?
That’s easy: www.angelahuntbooks.com.
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