D-Day 75th Anniversary Blog Tour

June 3-11, 2019 Welcome to the D-Day 75th Anniversary Blog Tour! Seven novelists are commemorating the brave men who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Thank you for joining us as we remember their heroism and sacrifice. Our novels illuminate different aspects of the war—from the landing beaches of Normandy to Nazi-occupied Europe to the US Home …

The Saving Amelie Tour

A Unique Journey through Israel to Oberammergau’s Passion Play.                                             Award-winning Authors Cathy Gohlke and Terri Gillespie will lead a once-in-a-lifetime journey through Israel and end at the location of Cathy’s bestselling book, Saving Amelie, June 15-27, 2020.  For …

Road Trippin’ with Tyndale and Melanie Dobson: Stop #9

Welcome to Tyndale Fiction’sRoad Trip Scavenger Hunt! We’re so happy you are here. To participate, collect the key words through all 13 stops in order, so you can enter to win our grand prize giveaway! Some details: The adventure begins on Wednesday, August 1. You’ll have two weeks to make your way through all the stops (giveaways will close on …

Book Cover Reveal for New Novel

Join me for the book cover reveal of my new WWII historical fiction novel, Until We Find Home, and for a little of the “story behind the story.” I can’t wait to share this story with you, and would love to describe the cover and story’s connections to C. S. Lewis’s book, The Problem of Pain, and his WWII radio broadcasts …

Klopfelsingen–Caroling in Oberammergau

In Oberammergau, the Alpine Village in which I set Saving Amelie, the Thursday before Christmas is known as Klopfelsingen–when children and adults go caroling from house to house.  A longstanding Alpine tradition, Klopfelsingen is a pre-Christmas parallel to Sternsingen, or Star singers, in January. The carols sung before Christmas focus on Advent as a time of preparation, and on the importance …