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ABOUT SUSAN:
Susan G Mathis is an international award-winning, bestselling author of historical fiction and Christian historical romance. Her novels celebrate faith, family, and hope through richly detailed historical settings and memorable characters. A passionate researcher and storyteller, Susan has written nineteen novels inspired by real people and places and enjoys sharing history through story.

She has been published thirty-eight times in full-length novels, novellas, and non-fiction books and is a winner of more than two dozen book awards including four Illumination Book Awards, four American Fiction Awards, three Indie Excellence Book Awards, six Literary Titan Book Awards, three Golden Scroll Awards, a Living Now Book Award, and a ABOUT SUSAN:
Susan G Mathis is an international award-winning, bestselling author of historical fiction and Christian historical romance. Her novels celebrate faith, family, and hope through richly detailed historical settings and memorable characters. A passionate researcher and storyteller, Susan has written nineteen novels inspired by real people and places and enjoys sharing history through story.

She has been published thirty-eight times in full-length novels, novellas, and non-fiction books and is a winner of more than two dozen book awards including four Illumination Book Awards, four American Fiction Awards, three Indie Excellence Book Awards, six Literary Titan Book Awards, three Golden Scroll Awards, a Living Now Book Award, and a Selah Award. She lives in northern Virginia and travels around the world but returns each summer to enjoy the Thousand Islands. Find out more at www.SusanGMathis.com/fiction.
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Susan G Mathis never fails to pack her books with memorable characters. ~Margaret Brownley, N.Y. Times bestselling author

Could it be my imagination, or is each Thousand Island story from Susan G Mathis better than the last? It’s hard to tell because they’re all delightful! ~Kathleen Rouser, award-winning author of Rumors and Promises

Like a monarch emerging from her cocoon, Susan's characters spread their wings in Mathis’s Thousand Island Gilded Age novels and learn how to fly with beauty and grace. ~Melanie Dobson, award-winning author of Catching the Wind and the Legacy of Love series

Spun with mystery, romance, and atmospheric history, Susan's stories capture readers' imaginations in a world divided by class yet brought together by the common bonds of humanity and love. A story Downton Abbey fans won't want to miss! ~J'nell Ciesielski, author of Among the Poppies and The Songbird and the Spy

Susan G Mathis has written another story full of history, love, and faith. She weaves a tale of longing, intrigue, and mystery around real-life people and events. A must-read for any fan of well-written fiction. ~Donna Schlachter, historical fiction author

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