Author

Donna VanLiere

Q: What should I read first by Donna VanLiere?

Start with the Christmas Hope series, since it is the first on file, then read it in publication order.

Donna VanLiere has 16 known credited books (16 published) across 2 series. Start with Christmas Hope.

Donna VanLiere (born 1966 in Ohio) is an American novelist best known for The Christmas Shoes, her 2001 debut, and the string of Christmas-season novels that followed it. She studied at Cedarville University in Ohio before moving to Franklin, Tennessee, after marrying her husband, Troy, where she worked in Nashville theater, commercials, voiceover, and radio while writing on the side.

The Christmas Shoes -- inspired by the popular song of the same name -- became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into a 2002 CBS television movie starring Rob Lowe, followed by two further TV-movie adaptations drawn from her later books. VanLiere continued the story-world of an Ohio family and community across ten further novels released roughly every one to two years, forming the Christmas Hope series, each following a different set of characters connected loosely to the original book's small town rather than a single continuing cast. Beyond the Christmas Hope series she has written standalone novels including The Angels of Morgan Hill and The Good Dream, and, in more recent years, the biblically-set End-Times trilogy exploring the books of Jacob, Ezekiel, and Daniel. VanLiere continues to publish from her home in Tennessee.

Series: 2
Credited books: 16
Published: 16
Latest published book: Daniel's Final Week 2022
Active: 2001–present
Best known for: Christmas Hope

Key facts about Donna VanLiere

Donna VanLiere has 16 books on our list. 14 of them belong to a series, while 2 stand alone. Since all 16 are out now, every book here is ready to read. Their series sit on our inspirational fiction and biblical fiction shelves.

Donna VanLiere has 2 series on file. Christmas Hope has 11 books, while End-Times Trilogy has 3 books. In particular, Christmas Hope is the longest series on file. Christmas Hope starts with The Christmas Shoes, while End-Times Trilogy starts with The Time of Jacob's Trouble.

Since Christmas Hope is the first series on file, it is the place to start. Their first published book on file came out in 2001. Meanwhile, Daniel's Final Week is the latest published book, out in 2022.

There are also 2 standalone books. You can read them in any order, since each one stands alone. The newest one that is out is The Good Dream, from 2012. The oldest on file is The Angels of Morgan Hill, from 2008.