Janette Oke

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February 18, 1935 in Canada

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Janette Oke writes with a profound simplicity of what she knows best—real life, honest love, and lasting values. With over 23 million in sales, her historical novels portray the lives of early North American settlers from many walks of life and geographical settings. She also writes engaging children's stories and inspiring gift books that warm the heart.

Janette was born during the depression years to a Canadian prairie farmer and his wife, and she remembers her childhood as full of love and laughter and family love. After graduating from Mountain View Bible College in Canada where she met her husband, Edward, they pastored churches in Canada and the U.S., and they raised their family of four children, including twin boys, in both countries...more Janette Oke writes with a profound simplicity of what she knows best—real life, honest love, and lasting values. With over 23 million in sales, her historical novels portray the lives of early North American settlers from many walks of life and geographical settings. She also writes engaging children's stories and inspiring gift books that warm the heart.

Janette was born during the depression years to a Canadian prairie farmer and his wife, and she remembers her childhood as full of love and laughter and family love. After graduating from Mountain View Bible College in Canada where she met her husband, Edward, they pastored churches in Canada and the U.S., and they raised their family of four children, including twin boys, in both countries. Edward eventually became president of Mountain View Bible College and recently established a coalition of colleges that became Rocky Mountain Bible College.

During her earliest years, Janette sensed the desire to write. Though she yearned to be a published novelist, she devoted herself to being a wife and mother because, she says, "there is no higher honor—that is my number-one priority." She began serious writing when her children were entering their teens.

Her first novel, a prairie love story titled Love Comes Softly, was published by Bethany House in 1979. This book was followed by more than 75 others. She reaches both religious and general markets, telling stories that transcend time and place. Her readers of all ages and walks of life can identify with the everyday events and emotions of her characters. Janette believes everyone goes through tough times—the key is to be prepared with a strong faith as the foundation from which decisions are made and difficult experiences are faced. That perspective is subtly woven throughout her novels.

After Love Comes Softly was published, Oke found her readers asking for more. That book led to a series of eight others in her Love Comes Softly series. She has written multiple fiction series, including The Canadian West, Seasons of the Heart and Women of the West. Her most recent releases include a beautiful children's picture book, I Wonder...Did Jesus Have a Pet Lamb and The Song of Acadia series, co-written with T. Davis Bunn.

Janette Oke's warm writing style has won the hearts of millions of readers. She has received numerous awards, including the Gold Medallion Award, The Christy Award of Excellence, the 1992 President's Award for her significant contribution to the category of Christian fiction from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, and in 1999 the Life Impact Award from the Christian Booksellers Association International. Beloved worldwide, her books have been translated into fourteen languages.

In recent years, Janette and her siblings lovingly restored their parents' prairie farm home, and it now serves as a gift shop and museum of prairie life. Please see below for a special invitation to the Oke Writing Museum and The Steeves' Historical House. She and her husband live nearby in Alberta, Canada, where they are active in their local church. Visits from their families, including their grandchildren, are their delight.
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Average rating: 4.00 · 66,548 ratings · 2,826 reviews · 121 distinct works

	Love Comes Softly (Love Comes Softly, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 8,467 ratings — published 1979 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Love's Enduring Promise (Love Comes Softly #2) 4.03 avg rating — 3,761 ratings — published 1979 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Love's Long Journey (Love Comes Softly #3) 4.05 avg rating — 3,544 ratings — published 1982 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Love's Abiding Joy (Love Comes Softly #4) 4.05 avg rating — 3,101 ratings — published 1983 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Love's Unfolding Dream (Love Comes Softly #6) 4.10 avg rating — 2,648 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Love's Unending Legacy (Love Comes Softly #5) 4.09 avg rating — 2,640 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Love Finds a Home (Love Comes Softly #8) 4.11 avg rating — 2,560 ratings — published 1989 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Love Takes Wing (Love Comes Softly #7) 4.08 avg rating — 2,535 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions	My rating:
	When Calls the Heart (Canadian West #1) 4.10 avg rating — 2,172 ratings — 15 editions	My rating:
	A Gown of Spanish Lace (The Janette Oke Collection) 3.92 avg rating — 1,709 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	My rating:

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Series by Janette Oke

Love Comes Softly (12 books)
by Janette Oke

4.07 avg rating — 29,318 ratings

Women of the West (12 books)
by Janette Oke

3.83 avg rating — 12,440 ratings

Canadian West (6 books)
by Janette Oke

4.07 avg rating — 7,457 ratings

Janette Oke Classics for Girls series (6 books)
by Janette Oke

3.83 avg rating — 6,953 ratings

Seasons of the Heart (4 books)
by Janette Oke

3.94 avg rating — 4,687 ratings

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“The truth of God's love is not that He allows bad things to happen, it's his promise that he will be there with us--when they do.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

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“Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

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“When you read you can have every adventure. In the pages of a book you can be anyone you ever dreamed of being... They can never tell you you're too young to slay the dragon -- because it all happens right here, where it's safe.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

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