Sarah Loudin Thomas grew up on a 100-acre farm in French Creek, WV, the seventh generation to live there. Her Christian fiction is set in West Virginia and celebrates the people, the land, and the heritage of Appalachia.
Sarah is a fund-raiser for a children’s ministry who has time to write because she doesn’t have children of her own. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Coastal Carolina University and is the author of the acclaimed novels The Sound of Rain and Miracle in a Dry Season–winner of the 2015 Inspy Award. Sarah has also been a finalist for the Christy Award, ACFW Carol Award and the Christian Book of the Year Award. She and her husband live near Asheville, NC.
Sarah Loudin Thomas 
We are impressed with your creativity and imagination!
Love and prayers
Larry and Terry
Sarah—I can’t wait to read these novels. Let me know when and where I can get them. I was telling mom how much I loved your writing in high school. Keep in touch and I am so happy that your dreams are coming true!!!
Love and God Bless you!!
Lori
Lori- You found me! How cool. Publication is probably still a long way off, but I’m working at it. Thanks for following my blog–hope you and your family are doing great!
good luck… I look forward to hearing your thoughts along the road to publication : )
Thanks for stopping by!
Just browsing blogs — your book idea sounds intriguing!
Thanks–I checked out your blog, too. Good luck as you get it going!
Hi, Sarah Anne,
I came across your name in Rachelle Gardner’s blog and for whatever reasons, was drawn to your name and found your blog. How wonderful that I did! I absolutely love your heading “Everyday miracles happen everyday” and I love your Psalm passage, but especially the ideas for your books! They sound creative, unique and compelling. I am a Northern transplant with Tennessee roots … and love Asheville. Please feel free to visit us on our blog, BIrth of a Novel, when you can. http://www.birthofanovel.wordpress.com
I am so glad to have discovered your blog today, via a comment you left on Books and Such. I grew up in Hendersonville, NC! We live in Raleigh now. But I loved seeing that you are in Asheville. 🙂
I’m glad you discovered me, too! Hendersonville is great–McFarland’s cinnamon rolls. Sigh.
One of my good friends worked at McFarland’s in high school! I confess I hadn’t thought of it in years.
So happy to have found your blog. . .my grandparents are in French Creek and it is my most favorite place on earth.
That’s amazing! E-mail me their names (salt96 @ charter.net). We might be kin . . .
I will–this is fun!
Sarah – You are not too far from me. I live in Abingdon, Va. I recognized the Now & Then: The Appalachian magazine. It is so good to see other Christian writers on Word Press. I always like to say hello to the other followers of Christ I come across online. I hope you find the right publishing opportunity. I feel the same as you about trusting God to bring it along.
Thanks for stopping by, Joe! My husband and I spent our 14th anniversary in Abingdon–lovely town!
Hello! Could you tell me how I can order this song book for my church. My e-mail address is carolinehird@ymail.com.
Thank you,
Caroline Hird
Hi Sarah. I’m planning a rare trip to the mountains for my kids. I thought of you. I have lost your contact info, so I googled you. Congratulations on your books! Needless to say, I’m more than a little envious. Send me an email with your contact info if you want to catch up. I assume you can see my email address, although it is not made public. Btw, when you wrote that poem about Narcissus, was it about me? That question is all kinds of ironic, isn’t it?
It’s a little bit freaky to know people can “google” me, but I’m glad you did!
Hey Sarah, found you through Rachelle Gardner’s blog. I’ve enjoyed browsing your site. 😉
SO nice to “meet” you!
How cool is this.. I was searching for some new books to read and came across yours. and then I saw you live in Asheville, NC.. I suspect we’re practically neighbors.. I live in Swannanoa 😀
Such a small world! Yes, I live in East Asheville–probably drive by your house on my way to work in Black Mountain! You’ll have to come to the book launch party in August–I’d love to meet you.
I am really anxious to read When Silence Sings! I am hoping we will read this for our church book club. (Hate I didn’t get approved to read the book through NetGalley.) But it is definitely on my to-read list!
If your book club does read it, let me know. I’d love to send bookmarks and maybe even Skype in to chat!
I will definitely let you know! I will let the person who is responsible for our book club meetings so we coordinate everything. I am so excited about the possibility!