Katherina Joy

(Kah-ther-ee-na)

A love of storytelling informed by the love of Jesus Christ.

Growing up in a Christian home, I was taught about God and the tenants of Christainity from an early age, but even at a young age I realized that my worldview was shaped as much by the stories that I surrounded myself with as it was by the theology I was learning. Afterall, while I could learn about the sacrifice of Jesus with my head, I fully understood it when I read about Aslan sacrificing himself to save Edmund.
Since realizing this truth about human nature, I became hungry for story and always sought ways to apply those stories to the truths I was learning about God and the bible. My love of story, combined with a somewhat overactive imagination, meant I naturally began crafting stories of my own as young as nine years old. I hope I have improved since then, but the core intentions of why I write remain the same. I love stories, I love storytelling, I believe that storytelling is how human beings communicate our most importnat truths about ourselves and the world.

While I do not write allegory (yet…) my hope is that my worldview, informed by a love of Jesus Christ and a heart for his church, will permeate everything I write. If you choose to open up one of my books, my prayer for you is that you would find Jesus in the pages, maybe not for the first time in your life, but in a deeper and more intimate way than you knew him before.