Daughters of Northern Shores

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  MY SINCEREST GRATITUDE TO MY EDITORS at Thomas Nelson for their guidance with these novels: Jocelyn Bailey with Daughters of Northern Shores and Amanda Bostic with Sons of Blackbird Mountain. Your insights and ideas made the pages above and beyond what I could have done on my own. To the whole team of editors, designers, marketing, and sales. You truly are a wonder!

  A heart full of thanks to my agent, Sandra Bishop, for believing in me and my stories from the very first one. Thank you for your wisdom and support and for the box of groceries when the cupboard was bare. You are more than an agent; you are a gem.

  To my critique partners and writing pals Amanda Dykes, Kara Swanson, Jocelyn Green, and Jody Evans. You all are dears through and through, and I am so grateful for the chance to talk story and do this writing life side by side. May your words always be blessed!

  To author Sigmund Brouwer who believed in my writing even when it was risky, I thank you. The Blackbird Mountain books would not be published today if it weren’t for your daring.

  To my family, you are cherished beyond measure. And to the sailor on the ship . . . I look forward to the day you might become the sailor on the steps. May the sea hold you safely until then.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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  JOANNE BISCHOF is an ACFW Carol Award and ECPA Christy Award– winning author. She writes deeply layered fiction that tugs at the heartstrings. She was honored to receive the San Diego Christian Writers Guild Novel of the Year Award in 2014 and in 2015 was named Author of the Year by the Mount Hermon conference. Joanne’s 2016 novel, The Lady and the Lionheart, received an extraordinary 5 Star TOP PICK! from RT Book Reviews, among other critical acclaim. She lives in the mountains of Southern California with her three children.

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