Adina SenftUSA Today bestselling author Adina Senft grew up in a plain house church, where she was often asked by outsiders if she was Amish (the answer was no). She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in the UK. Adina was the winner of RW's RITA Award for Best Inspirational Novel in 2005 for Grounds to Believe, a finalist for that award in 2006 for Pocketful of Pearls, and was a Christy Award finalist in 2009 for The Fruit of My Lipstick. She appeared in the 2016 documentary film Love Between the Covers, is a popular speaker and convention panelist, and has been a guest on many podcasts, including Worldshapers and Realm of Books. She writes steampunk adventure and mystery as Shelley Adina. When she's not writing, Adina is usually quilting, sewing historical costumes, or enjoying the garden with her flock of rescued chickens. Read More Read Less