Lena Nelson Dooley

Award-winning author Lena Nelson Dooley has had more than 950,000 copies of her books sold. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and the local chapter, ACFW - DFW. She's a member of Christian Authors' Network and Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. She has been on both ECPA, Publisher's Weekly, and CBA Bestseller list and several Amazon Bestseller lists. Her 2010 release Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico, from Summerside Press, won the 2011 Will Rogers Medallion Award for excellence in publishing Western Fiction. Her next series, McKenna's Daughters: Maggie's Journey appeared on a reviewers Top Ten Books of 2011 list. It also won the 2012 Selah award for Historical Novel. The second, Mary's Blessing, was a Selah Award finalist for Romance novel. Catherine's Pursuit released in 2013. It was the winner of the NTRWA Carolyn Reader's Choice contest, took second place in the CAN Golden Scroll Novel of the Year award, and won the Will Rogers Medallion bronze medallion. Her indie-published book, A Heart's Gift, was awarded the 2017 Faith Hope and Love Reader's Choice award. Her blog, A Christian Writer's World, received the Readers Choice Blog of the Year Award from the Book Club Network. In addition to her writing, Lena is a frequent speaker at women's groups, writers groups, and at both regional and national conferences. She has spoken in six states and internationally. Lena has an active web presence on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Linkedin, BookBub, and with her internationally connected blog where she interviews other authors and promotes their books.