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| + | '''Shelley Bates''' holds an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, where she teaches as adjunct faculty. She was the winner of RWA's RITA Award for Best Inspirational Novel in 2005, a finalist for that award in 2006, and, writing as Shelley Adina, was a Christy Award finalist in 2009. Three of her books have shortlisted for the American Christian Fiction Writers' Carol Award for book of the year. | ||
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| + | A transplanted Canadian, Shelley returns there annually to have her accent calibrated. Between books, she enjoys traveling with her husband, playing the piano and Celtic harp, and spoiling her flock of rescued chickens. | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Ground To Believe]]'' - 2004 |
| + | * ''[[Over Her Head]]'' - 2007 | ||
| + | * ''[[Pocketful Of Pearls]]'' - 2005 | ||
| + | * ''[[A Sounding Brass|Sounding Brass, A]]'' - 2006 | ||
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| + | ==Awards== | ||
| + | *2005 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Inspirational Romance, ''[[Grounds To Believe]]'' | ||
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| + | ==Recognitions== | ||
| + | *2006 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Insiprational Romance, ''[[Pocketful Of Pearls]]'' | ||
Revision as of 03:06, 14 March 2023
Shelley Bates holds an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, where she teaches as adjunct faculty. She was the winner of RWA's RITA Award for Best Inspirational Novel in 2005, a finalist for that award in 2006, and, writing as Shelley Adina, was a Christy Award finalist in 2009. Three of her books have shortlisted for the American Christian Fiction Writers' Carol Award for book of the year.
A transplanted Canadian, Shelley returns there annually to have her accent calibrated. Between books, she enjoys traveling with her husband, playing the piano and Celtic harp, and spoiling her flock of rescued chickens.
Books
- Ground To Believe - 2004
- Over Her Head - 2007
- Pocketful Of Pearls - 2005
- Sounding Brass, A - 2006
Awards
- 2005 RITA Award Winner - Inspirational Romance, Grounds To Believe
Recognitions
- 2006 RITA Award Finalist - Insiprational Romance, Pocketful Of Pearls
