Jonathan Goss was born and raised in middle Tennessee. He grew up in a Christian household and graduated from Lighthouse Christian School in 2001. His father, Lari Andrew Goss, was a Southern Gospel producer, arranger, pianist and singer. Jonathan had a strong background in theology and church as a child. That, mixed with his love for fantastical storytelling and medieval warfare, laid the groundwork for what would become the Heavenly Realms series.
Jonathan was always creative with a strong imagination, but it wasn't until he was seventeen years old that he felt inspired to write what would eventually become the Heavenly Realms series. He credits two seemingly random occurrences with planting the seed of inspiration in his mind: the Kevin SJonathan Goss was born and raised in middle Tennessee. He grew up in a Christian household and graduated from Lighthouse Christian School in 2001. His father, Lari Andrew Goss, was a Southern Gospel producer, arranger, pianist and singer. Jonathan had a strong background in theology and church as a child. That, mixed with his love for fantastical storytelling and medieval warfare, laid the groundwork for what would become the Heavenly Realms series.
Jonathan was always creative with a strong imagination, but it wasn't until he was seventeen years old that he felt inspired to write what would eventually become the Heavenly Realms series. He credits two seemingly random occurrences with planting the seed of inspiration in his mind: the Kevin Smith film "Dogma" he and his friends sneaked into the theater to watch, and Mrs. Haggerty's English class at Lighthouse Christian School, where they read sections from John Milton's "Paradise Lost". These two glimpses into the angelic world propelled Jonathan to randomly start writing what would eventually become the first chapter of "Empyrean Falling", all on a Five Star notepad while daydreaming in a weekly chapel service at his private school. Irony is the spice of Creation, it would seem.
Over the next several years, Jonathan would work tirelessly at completing the first Heavenly Realms novel, "Empyrean Falling". The first draft was completed in 2005 but was unwieldy and unwanted by both secular and Christian publishers. Refusing to relent, Jonathan continued writing, completing five more novels over the next few years. With the seven novel series largely finished, Jonathan again attempted publication. No one in the traditional publishing world expressed valid interest; secular agents and editors woudn't touch anything Christian and Christian agents and editors said the material was too violent and too theologically challenging.
It wasn't until the passing of his father in 2015 and his mother in 2018, when his older brother, Nick Goss, released his Traveler's League series of middle grade fiction on Amazon, that Jonathan saw his chance. Rejected by mainstream traditional publishing, Jonathan set on the path to blow the dust off his old Heavenly Realms manuscripts and polish them up for entry into the world.
The Heavenly Realms series is long awaited and long overdue. Inspired by Star Wars, classic mythology, Excalibur, Robin Hood, the Bible, the works of Steven Pressfield, Glen Cook, Robert Heinlein, and Wallace Breem, as well as movies such as "The 13th Warrior" and "Lord of the Rings", the Heavenly Realms series is a journey into Christian mythology, Heavenly cosmology, and a collection of stories that are relatable, fantastical, and full of all the passion and pitilessness of the human condition.
Whether you are a fan of fantasy, a lover of the Bible, or curious what the wars between the angels might look like, you owe it to yourself to give Heavenly Realms a chance. ...more
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