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Theoni Bell has been fascinated with America's first approved Marian apparition (Our Lady of Champion) for 10 years. Her historical fiction novel "The Woman in the Trees: a novel about America's first approved Marian apparition" was published in 2021 by TAN Books. Theoni also writes and speaks about baby and infant loss. Her baby loss picture book with Holy Heroes is due Spring 2024. Her book for teens detailing the approval process for Marian apparitions, and specifically the investigation of Our Lady of Champion, will be available Fall 2024.

Theoni has a master's in international journalism and studied religion and culture in 9 countries. She came to Catholicism in college. She writes from Houston where she lives with her husband and thre ...more

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The Devil in the Castle: St. Teresa of Avila, Spiritual Warfare, and the Progress of the Soul

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