Heather Bell Adams is from Hendersonville, North Carolina, and now lives in Raleigh with her husband and son. She is the winner of the 2016 James Still Fiction Prize and her short fiction appears in the Thomas Wolfe Review, Clapboard House, Pembroke Magazine, Broad River Review, and elsewhere. This is her first novel and is the winner of the Knoxville Writers’ Guild Contest.

It is a special pleasure to welcome this novel of kinship, loss, and love set in the mountains of North Carolina. Heather Adams is an exciting new voice in Appalachian fiction."" - Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek and Chasing the North Star""In prose as pure and clear and resonant as a mountain ballad, Adams takes us directly into the hearts of her characters."" - Kim Church, author of Byrd""Rare is the book that has the power to change our way of thinking, and ever rarer is the writer who can blow the dust off our hearts and remind us what it means to feel, to love, and to rediscover the pathways to our own humanity. You are well advised to follow what will undoubtedly be the rapid rise of this stunning new voice in the literary arena."" - Wil Mara, author of Frame 232 and The Nevada Testament""The prose in Heather Adams' exquisite novel Maranatha Road sparkles with honesty and vitality - both poetic and musical in the way of the best southern writing. Her characters crackle with humanity and their alternating voices tell a sweeping story of love, compassion, and the timeless bonds of family."" - Mary Akers, author of Bones of an Inland Sea

Heather Bell Adams is from Hendersonville, North Carolina, and now lives in Raleigh with her husband and son. She is the winner of the 2016 James Still Fiction Prize and her short fiction appears in the Thomas Wolfe Review, Clapboard House, Pembroke Magazine, Broad River Review, and elsewhere. This is her first novel and is the winner of the Knoxville Writers’ Guild Contest.

It is a special pleasure to welcome this novel of kinship, loss, and love set in the mountains of North Carolina. Heather Adams is an exciting new voice in Appalachian fiction."" - Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek and Chasing the North Star""In prose as pure and clear and resonant as a mountain ballad, Adams takes us directly into the hearts of her characters."" - Kim Church, author of Byrd""Rare is the book that has the power to change our way of thinking, and ever rarer is the writer who can blow the dust off our hearts and remind us what it means to feel, to love, and to rediscover the pathways to our own humanity. You are well advised to follow what will undoubtedly be the rapid rise of this stunning new voice in the literary arena."" - Wil Mara, author of Frame 232 and The Nevada Testament""The prose in Heather Adams' exquisite novel Maranatha Road sparkles with honesty and vitality - both poetic and musical in the way of the best southern writing. Her characters crackle with humanity and their alternating voices tell a sweeping story of love, compassion, and the timeless bonds of family."" - Mary Akers, author of Bones of an Inland Sea

Heather Bell Adams is from Hendersonville, North Carolina, and now lives in Raleigh with her husband and son. She is the winner of the 2016 James Still Fiction Prize and her short fiction appears in the Thomas Wolfe Review, Clapboard House, Pembroke Magazine, Broad River Review, and elsewhere. This is her first novel and is the winner of the Knoxville Writers’ Guild Contest.

It is a special pleasure to welcome this novel of kinship, loss, and love set in the mountains of North Carolina. Heather Adams is an exciting new voice in Appalachian fiction."" - Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek and Chasing the North Star""In prose as pure and clear and resonant as a mountain ballad, Adams takes us directly into the hearts of her characters."" - Kim Church, author of Byrd""Rare is the book that has the power to change our way of thinking, and ever rarer is the writer who can blow the dust off our hearts and remind us what it means to feel, to love, and to rediscover the pathways to our own humanity. You are well advised to follow what will undoubtedly be the rapid rise of this stunning new voice in the literary arena."" - Wil Mara, author of Frame 232 and The Nevada Testament""The prose in Heather Adams' exquisite novel Maranatha Road sparkles with honesty and vitality - both poetic and musical in the way of the best southern writing. Her characters crackle with humanity and their alternating voices tell a sweeping story of love, compassion, and the timeless bonds of family."" - Mary Akers, author of Bones of an Inland Sea