BryanDavis_l Bryan, describe yourself for our visitors.

I am a left-brained computer geek who searched through the dust and cobwebs in the other side of his brain to locate the fires of creativity. I found only a feeble spark, and it needed a great deal of nurturing, so I searched on for a place to make it grow.

Because our seven children have all been homeschooled, we had the responsibility to teach about the wonderful world of writing. I volunteered to write a story in order to get the process started. Little did I know that this process would ignite that lonely spark and create a fire that even now continues to blaze.

I have been married to a lovely lady named Susie for twenty-seven years, and we have four girls and three boys. Four of our children are now adults and out on their own, and our three youngest, all girls, live with us in western Tennessee.

When I’m not writing or promoting, I spend time with my children or I exercise through weight lifting and jogging. I enjoy classical music, especially Beethoven, and I sometimes listen to modern music in order to find a few inspirational tunes.

I also spend time on my message forum interacting with readers. Some of them have serious issues they’re dealing with, so offering counsel and a shoulder to cry on is a major part of my writing ministry.

How do you find time to connect with God?

Most of my devotional time occurs while walking or jogging along the beautiful country lanes of rural Tennessee. Just this morning I commented to my wife about how listening to the varied sounds of meadowlarks, quail, woodpeckers, and cardinals enhanced our prayer time, and every season has its unique way of trumpeting God’s handiwork.

Those morning prayer outings put me in the right mindset for the rest of the day, and we also have devotion times with our three at-home children nearly every morning and evening.

Who are your favorite authors? Favorite books?

My favorite author is C. S. Lewis. My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Tell us about your journey to publication.

After trying and failing to get my first novel manuscript published, I turned to writers’ conferences to learn about the industry and figure out what I was lacking. I learned a great deal. Yet, over the next seven years, during which time I wrote a few more novels, including Raising Dragons, I amassed over two hundred rejections.

I decided to try non-fiction and wrote a proposal for The Image of a Father. AMG Publishers liked it and gave me a contract. Later, the editor, Dan Penwell, asked me if I had any other projects going. I told him about Raising Dragons, and he said he would take a look at it, even though AMG had never published fiction, much less fantasy. To my surprise and delight, they took a chance on this strange story, and we’re both glad they did.

beyond the reflections edge Tell us about your current book.

Beyond the Reflection’s Edge is a blend of mystery, suspense, and fantasy. Since it begins in our world and our time, it could be called contemporary, but it quickly morphs into a cross-dimensional mind bender. It’s the first of a trilogy called Echoes from the Edge and is targeted to reach thirteen to sixteen-year-old readers.

Here is a short teaser: After sixteen-year-old Nathan Shepherd’s parents are murdered during a corporate investigation, he teams up with a female friend to solve the case, discovering mirrors that reflect events from the past and future, a camera that photographs people who aren’t there, and a violin that echoes unseen voices.

How did you come up with ideas for this book?

After writing the first two books in the Dragons in our Midst series, I wanted to be ready for another series, so I gathered my seven children together for a brainstorming session. They are usually brimming with great ideas, but this day they seemed a bit less creative, so we didn’t come up with anything great. Later, however, my second-born son, Josiah, came back to my office with this idea about a trunk that appeared open in a mirror’s reflection, though it was closed in reality. We traded ideas back and forth until we came up with the basic idea for the story.

List your three most recent books.

  • Eye of the Oracle (Book #1 of Oracles of Fire – 2006)
  • Enoch’s Ghost (Book #2 of Oracles of Fire – 2007)
  • Beyond the Reflection’s Edge (Book #1 of Echoes from the Edge – May, 2008)

What’s next for you?

The third book of the Oracles of Fire series, Last of the Nephilim, is scheduled to come out in July. In October, Eternity’s Edge, book two of Echoes from the Edge, will hit the shelves, joined in May of 2009 by book three, Edge of Chaos. Book four in Oracles of Fire, The Bones of Makaidos, will also likely arrive around May of next year.

I will also write an adult fantasy series for Zondervan, two books that will arrive in 2010 and 2011. Zondervan is also considering two other young adult proposals that will follow on the heels of Echoes from the Edge.

As you can see, I will be very busy for quite a while.

Where can visitors find you online?

I am working on a new author website, but for now the best places to find me are as follows: