Meet Shannon

Central Arkansas author, Shannon Taylor Vannatter is a stay-at-home mom/pastor’s wife.

Her three-book debut series of contemporary inspirational romances  with Heartsong Presents are set in Romance and Rose Bud, Arkansas.

Heartsong titles ship to a 11,000 member book club before releasing in stores. Vannatter’s titles: White Roses, White Doves, and White Pearls are available at www.heartsongpresents.com.

White Roses won the 2011 Inspirational Readers Choice Award in the short contemporary category. The 18th Annual Heartsong Awards named Vannatter #3 Favorite New Author, White Roses #1 Favorite Contemporary Novel, and White Doves #8 Favorite Contemporary Novel.  The Democrat-Gazette Three Rivers Edition named Vannatter one of 20 to Watch in 2011.

Her next series is set around Texas rodeos. The first book will release to the Heartsong book club in October.

More about Vannatter

It took Vannatter nine years to get published in the traditional market. Like Janette Oke, she views her work as a ministry and her books as paper missionaries. Vannatter hopes to entertain Christian women and plant seeds in the non-believer’s heart as her characters struggle with real-life issues. Their journeys, from ordinary lives to extraordinary romance through Christ-centered relationships, demonstrate that love doesn’t conquer all, Jesus does.

Her short stories appeared in Mature Living and The Writers’ Journal, in 2009. Her first novel was Print On Demand published in 2001. She’s received several awards including 2nd place in RWA’s 2007 Touched By Love and 2008 Where the Magic Begins Contests, and a Honorable Mention in The 2007 Writer’s Journal Romance Contest. Her works have been displayed at Springfest’s Annual Artist & Author Exhibit.

Vannatter has taught fiction workshops for several writers’ groups including: Arkansas Inspirational Writers, Cleburne County Writers’ Guild, Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas, and White County Creative Writers. She’s taught workshops at the Life Press Christian Writers’ Conference in Memphis, TN and the Ozark Creative Writers’ Conference in Eureka Springs, AR. In 2011, she’s scheduled to teach a ten session adult continuing education class at ASU Heber Springs and workshops at the Ozark Romance Authors Conference in Springfield, MO, the White County Creative Writers Conference in Searcy, AR, and the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Conference in St. Louis, MO.

Vannatter is available for writers’ groups, workshops, conferences, schools, colleges, churches,  ladies groups, libraries, community organizations, book clubs, media appearances, print interviews, speaking engagements, and book signings.

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