Got to meet Lisa Samson today!

I had the delightful experience of meeting author Lisa Samson today at my book group meeting.

Lisa is the author of books such as Club Sandwich, Straight Up, and many more. Her novels generally fall into the Christian fiction category, although she has an edgier, more "real" message than any other women's Christian fiction books I've read. She dares to have characters who aren't neatly tied up Christian packages. Instead, they struggle, they deal with temptation and disappointment in their relationships, they don't necessarily like Christian music, they ask hard questions of God, and sometimes they even use non-church-approved language.

Lisa is a really interesting person, with a widely varied background in many respects. One of the things that I'm most interested in about her is that she and her family have moved into downtown Lexington, KY to purposely minister to the homeless, drug-addicted, and needy in that area. Being the hands and feet of Jesus is their mission. Awesome!

She brought along her extremely lovely, intelligent, and wonderful 17-year old daughter, which was a bonus experience as well. You can be on the lookout for this young lady in the next few years--she is going places.

Here are some good resources for getting to know Lisa Samson a little better:

An interview here.
Another interview here.
Another interview here!
A little bit about some of her more recent books.

Thanks to Lisa's generosity, I now have some more books of hers to read when I get a chance. Next on the book list will be:
Quaker Summer
Songbird
The Living End