I didn’t set out to write Christian fiction. And honestly, I’m still not a hundred percent sure that’s what I’ve written. I haven’t read much Christian fiction, and the few books I have read in that genre…

I began dreaming about becoming a published author after reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton when I was in the tenth grade. Hinton was only fifteen when she wrote the novel, and the idea that someone my age…