Tessa Afshar
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Tessa Afshar’s books have been translated into 11 languages, and been on Publishers Weekly and CBA best-selling lists. Her novel, Pearl in the Sand, based on the life of Rahab, was presented with the ECPA’s Bronze Milestone Sales Award. The Way Home, God’s Invitation to New Beginnings, is the winner of the Christian Book Award in the Bible Study category. Tessa’s novels have won a number of awards including the Christy and INSPY. Land of Silence was chosen as one of top five Christian fiction titles of the year by Library Journal. Tessa was born in the Middle East and lived there the first fourteen years of her life before attending boarding school for girls in England. She fell in love with Jesus after moving to the United States. Tessa and her husband live in New England where they tend their mediocre garden.