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Theoni Bell has been fascinated with America's first approved Marian apparition (Our Lady of Champion) for 10 years. Her historical fiction novel "The Woman in the Trees: a novel about America's first approved Marian apparition" was published in 2021 by TAN Books. Theoni also writes and speaks about baby and infant loss. Her baby loss picture book with Holy Heroes is due Spring 2024. Her book for teens detailing the approval process for Marian apparitions, and specifically the investigation of Our Lady of Champion, will be available Fall 2024.

Theoni has a master's in international journalism and studied religion and culture in 9 countries. She came to Catholicism in college. She writes from Houston where she lives with her husband and thre ...more

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Beautiful. I love missionary stories and stories of clergy struggling in undeveloped or forgotten places. Cather shows the real humanity and frailness of our Men of the Cloth without denigrating them or disregarding the whole Catholic cause. There ar ...more
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Same great writing we always get from O’Brien, but I read it during a low time, and it depressed me further. I also never really felt connected to any characters. Maybe I’ll try it again some other time.
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