christa b allan's Biography
Member Info
Abita Springs
Christa and her husband Ken spend time with their three neurotic cats, play golf, and dodge hurricanes.
Mar 2008
A true Southern woman who knows that any cook worth her gumbo always starts with a roux and who never wears white after Labor Day, Christa Allan writes not-your-usual Christian fiction that’s unafraid to tackle the tough questions. Walking on Broken Glass, her debut novel, released in 2010. The Edge of Grace released in 2011. A Quilts of Love will release in 2012. Three more novels with Abingdon Press follow in 2013 and 2014. Love Finds You in New Orleans (Summerside Press) is set to release in 2012.
Christa is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Romance Writers of America and its Faith, Hope, and Love chapter. She also belongs to writing organizations in her community. Christa, a high school English teacher, and her veterinarian husband live in Abita Springs with their three neurotic cats. Christa is the mother of five and is totally smitten with her two grandgirls.
Influences
Lisa Samson, Anne Lamott, Natalie Goldberg, Francine Prose, Anne Tyler
Upcoming Works
Love Finds You in New Orleans 2012
Quilts of Love: A Matter of Trust 2012
Agents
Sandra Bishop
MacGregor Literary
Recommended Links
Publishers
Abingdon Press: Ramona Richards, Editor
Summerside Press
About christa
A true Southern woman who knows that any cook worth her gumbo always starts with a roux and who never wears white after Labor Day, Christa Allan writes not-your-usual Christian fiction that’s unafraid to tackle the tough questions. Walking on Broken Glass,...
Connections
Causes christa allan Supports
The Mustard Seed; Brandon, MS
National Down Syndrome Association
christa’s Favorite Books
Finn, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Love in the Time of Cholera, Middlesex, A Prayer for Owen Meany, When Crickets Cry, anything by Lisa Samson, ditto...