And love often merges into the tissue of the story.

She usually makes them up, subject to her imagination, starting the plot with a faced problem that is followed by a fight to survive. Real people have vaguely an effect on Marta’s conceiving the characters. A challenging mixture in the books of the series is a storyline of a past event with a present reference. She is also fascinated by historical fiction, and this is materialized in the series Keepers of the Promise. Marta Perry describes her well-crafted style as setting a romantic story as a focus against the background of either a suspense or inspirational romance. Her books enjoy different prestigious awards. She finds the different genres she switches from one to the other as a refreshing exercise.įor her fiction writing, Perry received the Maroon and Gold Pen Award in 2004. Her first writing was directed to children’s stories, incorporated in the curriculum of Sunday schools. Perry used to combine her writing with her career as a director of Christian Education. Till now, her favorite books are the classic mysteries of British origin. It was then when Marta realized that might be her aspiration, and why not ambition, to write challenging stories one day. She developed an interest in mysteries when she was eight, and read about Nancy Drew. Her Dutch roots and rural Pennsylvania spirit fuse as a concept in the Plain People… An old farmhouse situated in a valley where she lives with her husband during winter, they travel to their vacation house in South Carolina… She enjoys reading, gardening, baking, taking care of her six grandchildren… And writing books, as the number is close to fifty seven… She used to write short stories and articles when magazine fiction was still convertible… Now it is Amish books and romantic suspense she concentrates on… A cup of Earl Grey tea is an integral component of the requisites without which she can’t start writing… Those are some of the details and aspects of Marta Perry’s background, daily activities and lifestyle.

Mirror on the World by Ann Perry