Athol Dickson is the publisher of the popular news website, DailyCristo.com, and the author of seven novels and the bestselling memoir, The Gospel according to Moses. His novels of suspense and magical realism have been honored with three Christy... Read full bio
Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Do to others what you would want them to do to you.
Q. What is your motto or maxim?A. Do to others what you would want them to do to you.Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?A. Professor Moriarty comes to mind.Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?A. Right here where I am. I moved to southern California a few years ago after a lifetime in Texas, and while I'll always be a Texan, I do love the natural beauty and the climate here.Q. Which living person do you most admire?A. My wife is my hero.Q. What is your greatest achievement?A. A long marriage to a woman I do not deserve.Learn more about Athol Dickson
...Last week Athol Dickson started a discussion on this blog that touched on what typical Christian readers want from novels. Mike Duran followed up with the suggestion that reading too much message-driven fiction...
Pump Up Your Book! :: Virtual Book Publicity Tours, September 22, 2011
...baby in a manger to show us how to truly love our neighbors as we love ourselves. - Athol Dickson, Christy and Audie award winning author of Lost Mission and The Opposite of Art Kathi Macias has earned a reputation for crafting stories that feature...
...search for “clues” rather than aesthetic enjoyment. To put it bluntly, message-driven fiction potentially dumbs down readers . Novelist Athol Dickson, in a post at Novel Rocket entitled Why My Novel Will Not Sell , addresses this issue as it...
...Rubart, B&H Books A Stand-up Guy, Michael Snyder, Zondervan Winter Keven Newsome, Splashdown Darkwater The Opposite of Art, Athol Dickson, Howard Books Vigilante, Robin Parrish, Bethany House Kiss of Night, Debbie Viguie, FaithWords ...
...all else being equal, you stand to make more money in return for the extra work and risk.Athol Dickson is a novelist, teacher, and publisher of the DailyCristo website. His novels transcend description with a literary style that blends magical realism,...
Writing for Christ~~The Audience of One, August 4, 2011
...blur of writing and blogging and social media.What recent read stood out to you as truly spectacular? Athol Dickson’s Lost Mission impacted me. Through dual storylines, he showed flip-side dangers Christians can fall into when interacting with the...
...Galloping Gut Bags, Batman! by Michelle Griep Not too long ago, Athol Dickson proposed the dilemma of how much sex to put in a ‘Christian’ novel. An interesting post that raised some viable questions about deciding how much leg to expose in...