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Gina Detwiler was planning to be a teacher but switched to writing so she wouldn't have to get up so early in the morning. She is the author of the YA Supernatural FORLORN series and the co-author with Priscilla Shirer of the bestselling middle-grade fantasy series The Prince Warriors. She also wrote the Ultimate Bible Character Guide for LifeWay.

Under the name Gina Miani she wrote the women's novels AVALON and ANTILLIA and the historical novel THE HAMMER OF GOD.

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I once subscribed to the notion that Christmas traditions were steeped in paganism and the only reason the Church started celebrating Christ’s birth was because all the pagan religions had birthday parties for their gods. Everyone said so, at least on the internet. I even wondered if it was OK with God to celebrate Christmas—could it actually be a sin?

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