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Beverly Lewis is a Christian fiction novelist and adult and children's author of over 80 books. She was born Beverly Marie Jones, and is a former schoolteacher and musician. She started playing the piano at age five, and began writing short stories and poetry when she was nine years old. Much of her writing focuses on the Anabaptist heritage and the Old Order Amish. Her maternal grandmother, Ada Ranck Buchwalter, was born into an Old Order Mennonite Church, which interested Mrs. Lewis in her own "plain heritage." Her father was a pastor in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch community), where she was born and grew up. She was raised and continues to be part of the Assemblies of God community. She went to Evangel University, and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2003. She is also a member of the National League of American Pen Women. Beverly is married to David Lewis, and has three grown children and three grandchildren. They live in Colorado. ==Awards== Lewis is an award winning author and a New York Times bestselling novelist. She's also been on the best sellers list for USA Today and the CBA. These are some of the recent awards she has won: * Rated 8 among the ''Top 10 Christian Authors for 2009'' by the ECPA. * ECPA 2011's BestSeller ListsBest of 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ECPA Releases 2011's BestSeller ListsBest of 2011 )〕 * ECPA 2011's BestSeller ListsBest of 2011.〔 * ''The Brethren'': won the Christy Award in 2007 for Contemporary Series. * ''The Preacher's Daughter'': won the Library Journal's Best Genre Fiction in 2005. * ''The Prodigal'': Crossings Book of the Year in 2004. * ''The Betrayal'': Inspirational Readers Choice - first place for Long Historical in 2004.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beverly Lewis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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