Episode 3: Suzanne Woods Fisher – The Moonlight School
Bestselling, award-winning novelist, Suzanne Woods Fisher discusses her new historical fiction release, The Moonlight School (February 2, 2021 – Revell). Suzanne, whose books have sold over a million copies, talks about marketing fiction, capturing dialects in dialogue, and creating unique character voices. She also has words of wisdom for writers on the importance of research.
Suzanne Woods Fisher lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Suzanne graduated from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, and was a free-lancer writer for magazines while her children were growing up. A former contributing editor to Christian Parenting Today, Suzanne’s work has appeared in many magazines, including Today’s Christian Woman, Worldwide Challenge, and Marriage Partnership.
Her first novel, Copper Star, a World War II love story, was published by a small press (Vintage Inspirations) and received three literary awards. It opened the door to a literary agent, Joyce Hart. The agent knew of Suzanne’s connection to the Plain People—her grandfather was raised Plain—and introduced her to an editor at Revell, a division of Baker Books. Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World was the result of that first conversation. It was an 2010 ECPA Book of the Year finalist…and it is the book Suzanne wants to be buried with.
And that was over thirty books and one million sold copies ago! So it seems things are working out pretty well.
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Loved how Suzanne related floral, negative space to rest. Thanks ladies.
All teachers and those working on their teaching credential need this book. I’m a retired teacher of a Title 1 school. This is such a problem, especially in poor families.