Christian Reid

Christian Reid was a prolific novelist in the 1800s. Her real name was Frances Fisher Tierman, but she chose to use a male pen name during a time when women writers weren't as readily accepted. She writes much in the style of other 19th century authors, such as Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, but she writes Christian romance. Perhaps that's one reason many readers aren't as familiar with her.

Her books often have a theme. For example, Fairy Gold teaches that wealth and worldly pursuits never have lasting value and don't satisfy. A Comedy of Elopement shows that honesty and integrity are more important than what others think. In all of them, love as the Bible teaches is an enduring theme to be sought and treasured. Although she never considered herself a poet, Frances wrote some poetry for her own benefit and to practice finding exact words as many authors do today. Some of her poems were also published.

Fairy Gold - https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Gold-revised-Christian-Reid-ebook/dp/B083PMQ586

Frances Fisher grew up in Salisbury, North Carolina, and published about 50 novels. She considered Morton House, published serially in a magazine, her favorite. She married James Tierman of Maryland and accompanied him to Mexico where he had business interests. Two of her novels are set there. When she became a widow after 11 years of marriage, she lived in New York City for a while but eventually moved back to Salisbury to live in her family home.

The Greatest of These Publishing (referring to 1 Corinthians 13:13) has published two of her books, Fairy Gold and A Comedy of Elopement. They've revised them to make them appeal to a larger Christian audience instead of a particular denomination but left the books much as she published them otherwise. Fairy Gold is available on Amazon in print, Kindle, or audible formats, and A Comedy of Elopement will release in two weeks in print and Kindle editions. Audible will follow soon. Check them out.

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