With Edward and Annie launching on March 1 and Saints of Feather and Fang hitting stores April 19, my promotional-organizational skills are being stretched! So, this landing page promises to help curate the fun places and ways I get to talk about these amazing animals and their stories. First up: CBS Chicago features the penguins and […]
Book Launch
New Books This Spring!
I’m thrilled to announce that I have two books releasing in Spring 2022: Edward and Annie: A Penguin Adventure (Tommy Nelson, in parnership with the Shedd Aquarium) and Saints of Feather and Fang: How the Animals We Love and Fear Connect Us to God (Broadleaf Books). Yay for animal themes! Edward and Annie follows the adventures of two viral-sensation […]
Introducing: Generous Kids
A little over a year ago, Andrew DeYoung, my editor at Beaming Books, came to me with an idea. Would I, he asked, be interested in writing three books, for three age groups around the SAME idea–namely, generosity? I loved everything about the project: the challenge for me as a writer (could I come up with […]
Introducing: Broke
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLCfz2DWQ-w[/youtube] **Exciting News: The FREE Six-Part Group Discussion Guide for Broke is now available! This is perfect for book clubs, church groups, or neighborhood studies. Available here. Though Broke: What Financial Desperation Revealed about God’s Abundance has been available for a little over a week, April 7 has always been Broke’s Official Launch Date. And it’s here! Yay! To […]
Gettin’ Good and Broke
The reviews are rolling in for Broke: What Financial Desperation Revealed about God’s Abundance . Publisher’s Weekly says, “In the vein of Ann Voskamp and Sarah Young, Rivadeneira (Known and Loved: 52 Devotions from the Psalms) offers a devotional perspective on financial desperation in the suburbs. Balancing between mystical mirth and spiritualized snark, she reflects on […]
SHADES OF MERCY
Proud to announce that Shades of Mercy: A Maine Chronicle (River North), the novel I co-wrote with Anita Lustrea, has released for Kindle. The hard copy releases September 1. RT Reviews gave Shades of Mercy 4 out of 4.5 stars and wrote: “The authors’ vast knowledge of the Maliseet Indians helps paint an accurate and realistic […]
