Tell us about yourself.
I’m a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native but I lived in Virginia for a while. RUTH’S REDEMPTION is my first published novel although I have been writing for years. I love to write and am an inbred story teller. I have an associates in Theology from Rhema Bible Institute and am pursuing becoming a certified and licensed Christian Clinical Therapist. I’m a born again Christian attending Bethel Deliverance Church in Wyncote, Pennsylvania.
What type of jobs or careers have you worked in the past?
I worked in nursing for over 30 years and in the business world for another ten in quality control and as an administrative assistant for ten more.
Who are you favorite authors?
There are so many I love but to rattle off a few of my favorites; Toni Morrison, Terry McMillian, Francine Rivers and Alex Haley, Sharon Ewell Foster as well as Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Eugene O’Neil, Tennessee Williams, Lorrain Hansberry,and Langston Hughes
What are your favorite books?
The Holy Bible, Roots, Paradise, Redeeming Love, Tale of Two Cities and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks plus several others but I’ll stop there.
When did you begin to realize you wanted to write?
I was a very young child when I started writing stories. This was even before I could write cursive. I used to print out my own little tales in those black and white composition books.
Tell us about your journey to publication.
I always loved writing since childhood as I stated but I never thought I could make it a profession. I wrote only for pleasure and there were periods in my life I didn’t write at all. I’m a late bloomer because I only started to seriously pursue writing in the last 15 years or so. It wasn’t until After I was saved that the unction swelled up inside me to use the gift GOD gave me to serve the Kingdom. Although at first I wasn’t calling it that. It took years of writing and writing and more writing. Finally and through the grace if GOD I got a good literary agent and even after that it was a couple of years before I got a contract. I am not formerly trained writer so I learned as I went. It has not been a fast or painless process and I got many rejections to vouch for it. After much ego destruction and disappointment the fruits of my labor emerged. I am humbled and grateful. I still had a lot to learn though and still do I’m sure. There is so much more to the process of getting a novel in print than just writing it. It’s a team effort requiring many people to do what they do for the good the book. I marvel at the details that have to be tended to and that’s just fine with me because I am a detail person. That’s a writer’s trait I suppose.
The thing is while you move toward manifesting the dream of authorship with a tradition publisher life goes on. You work a 9-5 job and have a family etc. My life went through some major changes in almost every area while I pounded out my novels on the computer…many novels. I’m talking major and not so good changes. So writing became something I was determined to keep doing no matter what but I KNOW, it would have never happened with the Hand of the Lord Jesus on my life. This is not a mere career choice or a hobby, it’s a calling I must answer and love.
Are you a full-time writer? If so, describe your day?
I’ve only been a full time for 3 years now. My day varies a lot but I write or try to 6 days a week. I take a day of for rest and have to do that on purpose because I would do it 7 days and that’s not good. The body and mind needs to rest. I do the normal household chores, cook and so forth. I intentionally try to spend a certain number of hours writing. That could be editing what I already wrote or writing a new story. I would say that in a week I put in more time writing now than I did on my 9-5 jobs outside the home for 40 years. This feels so right to me and is not laborious but a labor of love.
About the Book
Set in the 1800s, Ruth’s Redemption, depicts slave life in the south. Bo, the main character who was educated while a slave is a freedman who now owns a farm and buys slaves for the purpose of giving them their freedom. Bo is also a widower whose life is destined to changed when he meets the stubborn, proud and hard-hearted 20 year old slave girl, Ruth.
Ruth has known nothing but harshness and brutality since being separated from her mother at age thirteen. Purchased and sold primarily for breeding and the enlargement of her master’s slave stock, Ruth struggles to understand the way of her new master. Bo is unlike any master she’s known and what she experiences in his care will leave her forever changed.
A gripping pre-Civil War slave era novel, Ruth’s Redemption is a story of forgiveness, acceptance and redemption. Set against the backdrop of the Nat Turner Rebellion in Tidewater, Virginia, this novel shines the light of God’s unconditional love in the darkness of the evils of hatred and acts of inhumanity.
About the Author
Marlene Banks is a Philadelphia, PA native. She attended Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA and has an Associate’s Degree in Theology from the Rhema Bible Institute in Keysville, VA. She is the director of ministry at Lifeline Mission of the Gospel. Through her writing ministry, Marlene’s desire is to promote the gospel and serve the needs of her community.
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http://www.ruthsredemption.com
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STEPHANIE PERRY MOORE is the author of many Young Adult Christian fiction titles, including the Payton Skky series, the Laurel Shadrach series, the Perry Skky Jr. series, the Faith Thomas Novelzine series, the Carmen Browne series, and the Beta Gamma Pi series. She is also the co-editor for the impactful BibleZine, REAL. Mrs. Moore speaks with young people across the country, showing them how they can live life fully and do it God’s way. Stephanie currently lives in the greater Atlanta area with her husband, Derrick, a former NFL player and author, and their three children. Visit her website at 
STEPHANIE PERRY MOORE is the author of many Young Adult Christian fiction titles, including the Payton Skky series, the Laurel Shadrach series, the Perry Skky Jr. series, the Faith Thomas Novelzine series, the Carmen Browne series, and the Beta Gamma Pi series. She is also the co-editor for the impactful BibleZine, REAL. Mrs. Moore speaks with young people across the country, showing them how they can live life fully and do it God’s way. Stephanie currently lives in the greater Atlanta area with her husband, Derrick, a former NFL player and author, and their three children. Visit her website at www.stephanieperrymoore.com.
The Jamieson Family Legacy series follow the lives of two Jamieson brothers in Boston, Kidd and Ace, and their cousin, Cameron, from St. Louis. The older brother, Kidd, is struggling with anger and resentment issues toward his absentee father who never married his mother. Yet, he had the audacity to demand his illegitimate sons carry his Jamieson name. Ace, on the other hand, is on his collision course to be a chip off the old block when it comes to women. Their highly MIT educated cousin, Cameron Jamieson, is all about saving family from self-destruction. Through genealogy research, Cameron’s mission is to show his cousins their worth as the eleventh generation descendants of a royal African tribe and to give them a choice: live with the stereotypical “angry black men” syndrome or to crush any obstacles that try and stop them to become strong successful black men.
Pat Simmons is a self-proclaimed genealogy sleuth. She is passionate about digging up the dirt on her ancestors, then casting them in starring roles in her novels. She has been a genealogy enthusiast since her great-grandmother died at the young age of ninety-seven years old. Pat has won numerous awards for her novels which include: Talk to Me, Grace and Humility and Still Guilty, which was voted the Best Inspirational Romance for 2010. Pat is best known for her Guilty series: Guilty of Love, Not Guilty of Love, and Still Guilty. She is continuing the series through the Jamieson Family Legacy trilogy: Guilty by Association, The Guilt Trip, Free From Guilt. Pat has recently been nominated for the best Christian fiction award by the African American Literary Awards for her latest release, Crowning Glory. Pat and her husband live in Missouri and have two children. Visit Patricia at:
I. Where did you get the idea for this book?
A storm the size of Texas brews when Gloria Powell and Kai Chang meet in a Dallas hotel. They have come to discuss the future of Lily, the daughter Gloria adopted from China and the sister Kai hopes to reclaim. Kai is a doctor who had to give up her little sister during the Cultural Revolution and has since discovered that an inherited genetic defect may be waiting to fatally strike Lily.
Tell us about yourself. 
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James Benjamin is a living miracle. He was on a path towards destruction, and through his faith in God, was saved. In his first, self-published book titled “Master of Disguises,” James guides readers through his compelling story of struggling in the street life, and finding sanctuary through The Lord. Most importantly, he unveils the enemy, and the many disguises the enemy has. He provides inspiration where many feel hopeless, and educates individuals who are lost as he once was. James lives to tell his story to help keep young men and women off the streets and away from the grips of the enemy.
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