Multi-published, award-winning author Lena Nelson Dooley is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, her local chapter in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, the Christian Authorsโ Network, and Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. Her forty-plus books have sold more than 875,000 copies. Lenaโs books have appeared on the CBA, ECPA, and Publisher Weekly bestseller lists, as well as some Amazon bestseller lists. She also writes a popular blog, A Christian Writerโs World, that features other authorsโ books. The blog received the Readersโ Choice Blog of the Year Award from the Book Club Network.
Lena is a three-time finalist in the Carol Awards ACFW contest. Her 2010 release, Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico, won the 2011 Will Rogers Medallion Award for excellence in publishing Western Fiction. Her next series, McKennaโs Daughters: Maggieโs Journey appeared on a reviewersโ Top Ten Books of 2011 list. It also won the 2012 Selah award for Historical Novel. The second, Maryโs Blessing, was a Selah Award finalist for Romance novel. Catherineโs Pursuit, released in 2013, was the winner of the NTRWA Carolyn Readerโs Choice contest, took second place in the CAN Golden Scroll Novel of the Year award, and won the Will Rogers Medallion bronze medallion. Her book, A Heartโs Gift, won RWAโs Faith, Hope, and Love Readersโ Choice Award in July 2017.
Lena is also the host of The Lena Nelson Dooley Show on the Along Came a Writer blogtalk radio network. She has experience in screenwriting, acting, directing, and voice-overs, and currently serves on the board of directors of Higher Ground Films. She has been featured in Christian Fiction Online Magazine, ACFW Journal, Book Fun Magazine, Charisma Magazine, and Christian Retailing.