- Lauraine Snelling
Lauraine Snelling is an author of
Christian fiction .She is married to Wayne and they have 3 children and live north of Los Angeles, CA in Tehachapi. She lived in
Vancouver, Washington during the eruption ofMount St. Helens , which inspired several book.Her favorite book growing up was Little Women.
List of works by Lauraine Snelling
Dakota Plains series
Published by Heartsong.
# "Dakota Dawn" - Heartsong 28, 1997
# "Dakota Dream" - Heartsong 44, 1993
# "Dakota Dusk" - Heartsong 66, 1995
# "Dakota December" - Heartsong 128Red River of the North series
Published by
Bethany House . Re-released with new covers in 2007.# "An Untamed Land", 1996
# "A New Day Rising", 1996
# "A Land To Call Home", 1997
# "The Reaper’s Song", 1998
# "Tender Mercies", 1999
# "Blessing In Disguise", 1999Return To Red River series
This is a follow up series to Red River of the North.
Published by
Bethany House : "Returning a generation later to the Red River valley and the Bjorklund farm, this series follows the family as the now adult children look to their own future."# "A Dream To Follow", 2001
# "Believing The Dream", 2002
# "More Than A Dream", 2003Dakotah Treasures series
Published by
Bethany House : "tells the stories of four women surviving and flourishing in the Dakotah territories"# "Ruby", 2003
# "Pearl", 2004
# "Opal", 2005
# "Amethyst", 2005Daughters of Blessing series
Published by
Bethany House : "returns to North Dakota in 1900 and to favorite characters from the Red River of the North series."# "A Promise for Ellie", 2006
# "Sophie's Dilemma", 2007
# "A Touch of Grace", 2008
# "Rebecca's Reward", coming September 2008Standalone books
* "Tragedy on the Toutle", published by Baker Books, 1982
* "Song of Laughter" - Heartsong 10, 1986
* "Race for Roses" - Heartsong 350, 1999
* "Hawaiian Sunrise", published byBethany House , 1999
* "The Gift", published by Promise Press, 2002
* "The Healing Quilt", published by WaterBrook Press, 2002
* "The Way of Women", published by WaterBrook Press, 2004
* "Saturday Morning", published by WaterBrook Press, 2005
* "Washington" (Novella with Wanda E. Brunstetter), Published by Barbour Publishing, 2005 - includes Song of Laugher and Race for Roses
* "Once Upon A Christmas" (Novella with Lenora Worth), Published by Steeple Hill, 2005
* "The Brushstroke Legacy", published by WaterBrook Press, 2006
* "Breaking Free", published by FaithWords, 2007
* "One Perfect Day", coming October 2008* "A Hand to Hold: Helping Someone Through Grief" (Non-fiction), published by Revell, 2004
Youth Fiction
Secret Refuge series
Young Adult. Published by
Bethany House : "When the Civil War comes to Kentucky, Jesselynn Highwood is forced to make a fateful decision to save the Thoroughbreds that she promised her dying father she’d protect."# "Daughter of Twin Oaks", 2000
# "Sisters of the Confederacy", 2000
# "The Long Way Home", 2001Golden Filly series
# "The Race"
# "Eagle's Wings"
# "Go for the Glory"
# "Kentucky Dreamer"
# "Call for Courage"
# "Shadow Over San Mateo"
# "Out of the Mist"
# "Second Wind"
# "Close Call"
# "The Winner's Circle"High Hurdles series
# "Olympic Dreams"
# "DJ's Challenge"
# "Setting the Pace"
# "Out of the Blue"
# "Storm's Clouds"
# "Close Quarters"
# "Moving up"
# "letting Go"
# "Raising the Bar"
# "Class Act"External links
* [http://www.laurainesnelling.net/ laurainesnelling.net] , personal site
* [http://www.barbourbooks.com/author/detail/lauraine-snelling/ Barbour Books: Lauraine Snelling]
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