The Drama of Esthers Life Compels Bestselling Author Tommy Tenney to His Fiction Debut

Bestselling Author Tommy Tenney Brings a New Perspective on the Biblical Story of Esther with HADASSAH: One Night with the King. More than a palace thriller or memoir, HADASSAH, the novel, allows the life of Esther itself to shine with vivid truth and vitality.

(PRWEB) December 15, 2003 --Best known for life-changing nonfiction like THE GOD CHASERS, Tommy Tenney found his newest nonfiction project leading him to an unexpected writing genre-fiction. While researching the life of Old Testament Queen Esther for sermons and for his book FINDING FAVOR WITH THE KING, Tenney became convinced that the gripping action and intrigue surrounding her life and ascendance to royalty could be developed into a riveting novel.

Noted theologian Eugene Peterson says, Fiction is a cutting-edge spiritual discipline and necessary to the Christian community because it is the best verbal way we have to train our imaginations to see and embrace the particularity of a place and person, hereness and nowness...." In HADASSAH, Tenney and co-writer Mark Andrew Olsen find both the here and now in this age-old tale. More than a palace thriller or memoir, HADASSAH, the novel, allows the life of Esther itself to shine with vivid truth and vitality.

At the same time, the story captures the historical antecedents to one of modernitys most-troubling problems-the conflict in the Middle East. Using the underpinnings of the millennium-old discord between Arabs and Jews, HADASSAH explores important themes about the role God has played in this seemingly irresolvable conflict.

Powerful, with deep relevance for todays readers, this fiction project has surprised and captivated its author, and has become one of his most satisfying and cherished writing projects ever. More information and an excerpt-
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About the Authors
Tommy Tenney is the author of many bestselling books. He spent 10 years as a pastor and over 20 years in itinerant ministry, preaching in more than 40 countries around the world. He and his family reside in Louisiana. Visit http://www.tommytenney.com

Mark Andrew Olsen is a talented writer whose screenplays and other writing have provided a wealth of experience from which to collaborate with Tenney on this novel. He and his family make their home in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

HADASSAH: One Night With the King by Tommy Tenney with Mark Andrew Olson
ISBN 0764227378; Hardcover; $19.99
ISBN 0764228927; Large Print; $19.99
ISBN 0764228935; AudioBook; $17.99

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