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Upcoming Novels:
Texas Wildflowers
4-in-1 novella collection
Inspirational romance
Barbour Publishing
To be released June 2012

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Blue Christmas
Historical romance
Guideposts/Summerside Press
To be released September 2012

Christmas at Rose Hill Cottage
Inspirational romance
Abingdon Press
To be released September 2013

Novels already released:
Love Finds You in Humble Texas
Inspirational Romance
Summerside Press

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Love Finds You Under the Mistletoe
2-in-1 novella collection (coauthored)
Inspirational romance
Summerside Press
Anita’s novella, Once Upon a Christmas Eve, has been optioned for a movie

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Ozark Weddings
3-in-1 novella collection
(Coauthored with Janice Thompson)
Inspirational romance
Barbour Publishing

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Upcoming Nonfiction:
Where God Finds You
A devotional featuring Biblical fiction
Standard Publishing
To be released fall 2012

Brief Bio:
Best-selling and award-winning author, Anita Higman, has thirty books published (several coauthored) for adults and children and has seven more books to be released. She’s been a Barnes & Noble “Author of the Month” for Houston and has a BA degree, combining speech communication, psychology, and art. Anita loves good movies, exotic teas, and brunch with her friends. Please visit her site at www.anitahigman.com.

INTERVIEW on the HARVEST SHOW

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Anita on the Harvest Show:
8 Million Regular Viewers

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Full Bio:

CBA best-selling and award-winning author, Anita Higman, has twenty-nine books published (several co-authored) for adults and children, and she has seven books coming out in the next two years. She won a 2011 RWA Readers Choice Award (first place) and has been honored in the past as a Barnes & Noble “Author of the Month” for Houston. Her latest coauthored book, Love Finds You Under the Mistletoe, was on the Nielsen’s best-seller list for five weeks for religious adult fiction and #6 on the CBA best-seller list for fiction (January, 2011). Anita’s novella, Once Upon a Christmas Eve, was given a four-star review in Romantic Times Magazine.

Some of Ms. Higman’s publishers are Guideposts/Summerside Press, Barbour Publishing, McGraw-Hill, Roman & Littlefield, Lillenas Drama, Abingdon Press, Standard Publishing, Bethany House, and Simon & Schuster/Howard Publishing.

A few of Anita’s books are Love Finds You in Humble Texas, Another Stab at Life, The Celestial Helix, The Love Song (co-authored), Pokeweed and Mrs. Gasp, Who Will I be For the Rest of My Life? (co-authored), and Big Book of Holidays and Holy Days. She also has contributions in twelve nonfiction compilations.

One of Ms. Higman’s co-authored books entitled, A Tribute to Early Texas, has a foreword by Elmer Kelton and has won a San Antonio Conservation Society Citation as well as a Westerners International Book Award. She was named a Favorite New Author in the 15th Annual Heartsong Presents Awards, and in the 16th Annual Heartsong Presents Awards her co-authored novel, Castles in the Air, was one of the winners in the Favorite Contemporary Romance category. Also Anita contributed to an animation script that won a Gold Remi Award.

Her novel, Love Finds You in Humble Texas, was chosen by Crossings Book Club and is now available in hardback and large print editions. Anita and the novel, Love Finds You in Humble Texas were featured on The Harvest Show, a Christian program with eight million regular viewers.

Ms. Higman has won two awards for her contribution to literacy and has raised thousands of dollars for literacy with her book, I Can Be Anything, while serving on the board of directors of Literacy Advance of Houston.

Anita Higman has written for radio, ezine, and advertising. She also cohosts a monthly blogtalkradio show at www.InFaithNetwork.com which is a part of Reader’s Entertainment Radio and reaches an audience of 80,000. She has a BA degree combining speech communication, psychology, and art from Southern Nazarene University, and she is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers as well as The Writer’s View.

Anita Higman is represented by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary Agency.

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