The second book in the Above the Line series finds independent filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison at the center of Hollywood wheeling and dealing. The two friends discover that all that glitters is not gold — and that success in Tinsel Town could cost them everything — their relationships as well as their ideals.
Filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison have completed their first feature film, and Hollywood is buzzing with the news. In the wake of that excitement, the producers acquire rights to a novel that has all the ingredients they want for their next project. At the same time they cross paths with a well-connected player who introduces them to the right people, and suddenly every studio in town wants to talk to Chase and Keith. The producers' dreams are on the verge of coming true, but Chase's marriage is strained and Keith's daughter — Andi Ellison — is making questionable choices in her quest for stardom. The producers are gaining respect and are on the verge of truly changing culture through the power of film — but is the change worth the cost?
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 Kingsbury, Karen
Inspirational novelist Karen Kingsbury is becoming known as the "Queen of Clean." Her emotionally-driven dramas are finding a readership seeking riveting, uplifting, and squeaky clean contemporary stories. Month after month, Kingsbury is dominating the Christian Fiction Bestseller Lists with five to seven books simultaneously on the charts.
Prolific and popular, TIME Magazine called Kingsbury the "Nora Roberts of the religious set." Kingsbury has trademarked her brand of writing as Life-Changing Fiction & trade. Letters and e-mails from her readers demonstrate the power of Kingsbury’s gift of teaching relationship principles through storytelling. Daily, she receives notes from readers who have restored a relationship, forgiven a loved one, or sought a life of faith due to something communicated through one of her novels.
Kingsbury is excited about returning to Bloomington, Indiana, and the lives of the Baxter family in her new Firstborn series. "I can hardly wait to bring you the next pieces of these characters lives," she says. "So much lies ahead, so many triumphs and tough times, so much to learn and so many ways in which these characters will be stretched and tested."
Kingsbury’s five-book Redemption Series, which originally introduced the Baxter family characters, has sold more than 700,000 copies over the past three years. Two of the Redemption books—Reunion and Rejoice—are nominated for an ECPA Gold Medallion Award this year. Kingsbury has written more than 30 books, including one title made into a CBS "Movie of the Week." She has 2.1 million books in print and is quickly becoming one of America’s favorite inspirational novelists.
Some of Kingsbury’s bestselling titles are Remember, Return, One Tuesday Morning, Oceans Apart, and A Thousand Tomorrows. She has been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America’s RITA competition for the best inspirational fiction. Her title A Time to Dance was selected as the first book in the Women of Faith fiction club. In 2004, she was a finalist for an ECPA Gold Medallion and a Retailers Choice Award. Her novel Gideon’s Gift is scheduled to become a major motion picture in Dec. 2005.
Early in her career, Kingsbury wrote true crime fiction, including Deadly Pretender, which was developed into a CBS television movie. Kingsbury started her career in journalism writing for the Los Angeles Times and LA Daily News, primarily on the sports beat.
Kingsbury is very family-oriented as the mother of six children—three adopted simultaneously from Haiti. Her readers feel a part of the family as Kingsbury updates them in every book with the latest news about her husband Donald, their daughter Kelsey and the five boys—Tyler, Sean, Josh, E.J., and Austin. Kingsbury and her family live in Washington. |
