by Molly Noble Bull
My friend, Murray Pura, is an ordain Baptist minister who
lives in Canada, and he is also a multi-published author. Blessed with success
writing for publishing houses like Zondervan, Harper One, Barbour, Harvest
House, Trestle Press/Helping Hands, and Baker, he puts his writing miracle this
way.
“I enjoy doing different kinds of writing, fiction as well
as nonfiction, so a diversity of labels helps me to do that.”
The year 2012 was his first year in the American fiction
market. Up till then Murray’s novels and stories were published in the UK and
in Canada and even “down under” but not in the USA – devotionals, Bible
commentaries, yes – fiction, no. That all changed with opportunities from
Barbour in Ohio, Harvest House in Oregon, and Trestle Press/Helping Hands Press
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barbour published A Bride’s Flight From Virginia City, Montana, where Old Amish meets
Old West; Harvest House published The
Wings of Morning, a story about flying set in 1917, and The Face of Heaven, a story that takes
place during the Civil War; and Trestle Press/Helping Hands Press began to
release a story set in 1728 in Colonial America in a serialized eBook format.
It was called The Rose of Lancaster
County.
Murray is happy to say that more books are being launched in
2013: Ashton Park, Under the Dover Sky,
Whispers of a New Dawn, and An Amish
Family Christmas by Harvest House; Majestic
and Wild by Baker; A Road Called
Love, Seven Oaks, The Name of the Hawk, Go Tell It On The Mountain, and The Last Man in Texas by Trestle
Press/Helping Hands Press. Quite a variety of genres, and he enjoys the
diversity and challenge of that – Ashton
Park and Under the Dover Sky are
set in England in the early 20th century; Whispers of a New Dawn takes place during the outbreak of World War
2; An Amish Family Christmas is
modern day as is A Road Called Love;
Seven Oaks takes place on a Virginia plantation during the Civil War; The Name of the Hawk is a medieval
romance and adventure; and Go Tell It On
The Mountain and The Last Man in
Texas are westerns set in the 1800s. Some of them are finished and some are
still being written.
“It’s special to be able to share my stories with my
readers,” he says, “and I hope they enjoy what I have penned for them this
year. Thank you, Molly Noble Bull, a great writer and a great colleague, for
letting all your friends know about me.
God bless you all.”
Murray is truly a writing miracle, and he isn’t finished
yet.
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To find all Murray’s books, write Murray Pura in the search
slot at online stores like Amazon and walk-in bookstores.
