Katherine Valentine
Inspirational Fiction
About (Biography)
I began my writing career in response to a prayer.
In 1999, we were faced with my husband's retirement; yet due to several horrific tragedies five years before, our savings was depleted.
One early morning as I traveled down a lonely country road, I began to pray. I was angry at God for what I perceived to be His indifference to our plight. Hadn't Paul and I always been faithful? Didn't we do our best to live the tenets of our faith? That being true, didn't the Bible assure us that God would take care of us in our old age and gray hairs?
It was then that God sent me a living parable and when it was over, I knew without any doubt that God would answer our needs.
Several days later, an idea for a novel just plopped into my head with the assurance that through this, our financial needs would be met even though I was not a novelist.
In faith, I began to write eight hours a day and watched with amazement as the characters literally took over the story. Soon, I was typing as fast as I could just to keep pace.
The novel was completed within six months. I then went back to God and asked for a particular literary agent and a certain publisher. Within a very short time, both the agent and the publisher I had requested signed me on to a six-figure deal and my writing career was launched.
Since then, I have written six novels;am a monthly contributor to Catholicmom.com; have taken part in a Biography Channel four-part series on the Apostles; appeared on radio and major television shows including "Good Morning America"; ; and continue to be a popular speaker and retreat leader.
In the spring of 2010,I willl launch "The Ministry of the Holy Rosary", a lay program approved by the Hartford, Ct. Archbishop, which promotes evangelization of the Catholic faith through this devotional form of prayer.
In 1999, we were faced with my husband's retirement; yet due to several horrific tragedies five years before, our savings was depleted.
One early morning as I traveled down a lonely country road, I began to pray. I was angry at God for what I perceived to be His indifference to our plight. Hadn't Paul and I always been faithful? Didn't we do our best to live the tenets of our faith? That being true, didn't the Bible assure us that God would take care of us in our old age and gray hairs?
It was then that God sent me a living parable and when it was over, I knew without any doubt that God would answer our needs.
Several days later, an idea for a novel just plopped into my head with the assurance that through this, our financial needs would be met even though I was not a novelist.
In faith, I began to write eight hours a day and watched with amazement as the characters literally took over the story. Soon, I was typing as fast as I could just to keep pace.
The novel was completed within six months. I then went back to God and asked for a particular literary agent and a certain publisher. Within a very short time, both the agent and the publisher I had requested signed me on to a six-figure deal and my writing career was launched.
Since then, I have written six novels;am a monthly contributor to Catholicmom.com; have taken part in a Biography Channel four-part series on the Apostles; appeared on radio and major television shows including "Good Morning America"; ; and continue to be a popular speaker and retreat leader.
In the spring of 2010,I willl launch "The Ministry of the Holy Rosary", a lay program approved by the Hartford, Ct. Archbishop, which promotes evangelization of the Catholic faith through this devotional form of prayer.
Need Prayer?
Katherine is a firm believer in the power of prayer, having seen God repeatedly answered her needs in extraordinary ways.
Wishing to share God's faithfulness, she brings those in need of prayer before the Lord each morning during her daily devotions.
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