NADINE BRANDES once spent four days as a sea cook in the name of book research. She is the author of the award-winning ROMANOV, FAWKES, and the Out of Time Series. Her inner fangirl perks up at the mention of soul-talk, Quidditch, bookstagram, and Oreos. When she's not busy writing novels about bold living, she's adventuring through Middle Earth or taste-testing a new chai. She and her Auror husband are building a Tiny House on wheels with their Halfling children. Current mission: paint the world in shalom.

What is this “Pre-Order on Kickstarter” Thing All About?

Woah, woah, woah, two blog posts back to back? Nadine, what are you doing? Well, dear friends, we’ve entered a new realm where so many exciting things are happening I can’t possibly constrain them to a single post a week. If you’ve been on Facebook at all, you’ve probably seen this lovely promotion floating around quite often.… Continue reading

Release Date for A Time to Die!

  It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for.   Crying for.   Begging for.   (Right?)   A Time to Die will be hitting shelves in paperback and ebook form exactly two months from today. For those of you who are like me and can’t do arithmetic to save your life, that… Continue reading

My Author Story (part 3) — A Time to Die

This three-week series of sharing my author story, is in answer to Brent King’s question on my Ask Me Anything post: “I would be fascinated by your personal story…what fueled your passion for…writing and your desire to write.” Here is the author-side of that story. (You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.)   Exactly one… Continue reading

My Author Story (Part 2) — When God Told Me Not to Write

This three-week series of sharing my author story, is in answer to Brent King’s question on my Ask Me Anything post: “I would be fascinated by your personal story…what fueled your passion for…writing and your desire to write.” Here is the author-side of that story. (You can read Part 1 here.)   I thought I… Continue reading

My Author Story (part 1) — Young Pride & Passion

This three-week series of sharing my author story, is in answer to Brent King’s question on my Ask Me Anything post: “I would be fascinated by your personal story…what fueled your passion for…writing and your desire to write.” Here is the author-side of that story.   In Kindergarten, I was… Continue reading