Tessa Afshar

Tessa Afshar’s Biblical fiction has been on Publishers Weekly, CBA, and ECPA bestseller lists and has been translated into 14 languages. Her novel, Pearl in the Sand, is the recipient of the ECPA’s Bronze Milestone Sales Award. Winner of the Christy, INSPY, Family Fiction New Author of the Year, and ECPA Christian Book Awards, Tessa’s books were also Carol, Christy, and ECPA Christian Book Award finalists.

Born in the Middle East, Tessa spent her teen years in England and later moved to the United States. Her conversion to Christianity in her twenties changed the course of her life. She holds a Master of Divinity from Yale, where she served as co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship for a year. Tessa is a devoted wife, a mediocre gardener, and an enthusiastic cook of biblical recipes. Learn more at TessaAfshar.com.