Author Archives: deb@rolledscroll

Deb is a writer living in Alberta, Canada, on the banks of Ross Creek near Medicine Hat--less than an hour from the Montana border. Her debut novel, THE THIRD GRACE, won The Word Guild (Canadian Christian Writing Awards) 2012 Grace Irwin Award as top book pick of the year. She is working on her next novel, to the cheering on of her kids and husband. She loves making new friends--write her! deb@rolledscroll.com

Pure Bliss!

By deb@rolledscroll | Published June 30, 2012

PURE BLISS! (Photograph by Moussa Faddoul) * Here I am on June 13, 2012, in Mississauga, Ontario, as newly named recipient of The Grace Irwin Award (sort of “book of the year”), a $5,000 prize sponsored by The Word Guild for the top pick of work submitted to the Canadian Christian Writing Awards. My novel, THE THIRD GRACE, is […]

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Shortlist

By deb@rolledscroll | Published June 25, 2012

SHORTLIST The shortlist of competitors for the 2012 Grace Irwin Award *** Deb Elkink: The Third Grace Erin E. M. Hatton: Otherworld Greg Paul: Close Enough to Hear God Breathe Jayne E. Self: Murder at Hum Harbour Ann Voskamp: One Thousand Gifts * *

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I won a 2012 writer’s award!

By deb@rolledscroll | Published June 19, 2012

AWARD I just won a major writing award! I’m elated and humbled. My novel, The Third Grace, was chosen as top pick across Canada of books written by Christians and published in 2011. I entered the 2012 Canadian Christian Writing Awards hoping to place first in the “contemporary novel” category (and did, indeed, receive an award of […]

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