Francine Rivers

Francine Rivers is an American author of Christian fiction.
* She was born in 1947 in Berkeley, California.
* She began her writing career in the general market, writing historical romance novels.
* In 1986, she became a born-again Christian and changed the focus of her writing to Christian fiction.
* Her most popular novel is Redeeming Love, which is a retelling of the biblical story of Gomer and Hosea.
* She has won numerous awards for her writing, including the RITA Award for Inspirational Fiction.
* She is a member of the Romance Writers of America and the American Christian Fiction Writers.
* She lives in northern California with her husband and three children.

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