Tessa Afshar
Tessa Afshar is the Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of biblical and inspirational historical fiction.
Tessa Afshar

Tessa Afshar is the Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of biblical and inspirational historical fiction, including Land of Silence, which won an INSPY Award and was voted by Library Journal as one of the top five Christian fiction titles of 2016, and Harvest of Gold, which won a Christy Award in the Historical Romance category.Harvest of Rubies was a finalist for the 2013 ECPA Christian Book Award for fiction.
In 2011, after publishing her first novel, Pearl in the Sand, Tessa was named New Author of the Year by the FamilyFiction-sponsored Reader’s Choice Awards.
Tessa’s latest trilogy of biblical fiction, Thief of Corinth, Daughter of Rome, and Jewel of the Nile are based on minor characters from the book of Acts. Daughter of Rome is a finalist for the Carol Award, 2021.
Tessa’s Bible study, The Way Home: God’s Invitation to New Beginnings, based on the book of Ruth, won the 2021 ECPA Christian Book Award in the Bible Study category. Optional videos of the same title are available with this book. The Way Home was chosen by Moody Radio SFL for their summer of 2020 book study.
Tessa was born in the Middle East and lived there for the first fourteen years of her life. She then moved to England, where she survived boarding school for girls and fell in love with Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, before moving to the United States permanently.
Her conversion to Christianity in her twenties changed the course of her life forever. Tessa holds a Master of Divinity from Yale, where she was elected as the co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the Divinity School for one year.
She served in women and prayer ministries for twenty years before becoming a full-time writer and speaker.
Tessa is a devoted wife, an enthusiastic cook, and a mediocre gardener. But that has not cured her from being exceptionally fond of chocolate.
Fiction Titles:
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Tessa AfsharTyndale House / 2022 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$11.394.9 out of 5 stars for The Hidden Prince. View reviews of this product. 11 Reviews
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Tessa AfsharTyndale House / 2021 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$16.794.9 out of 5 stars for Jewel of the Nile, softcover. View reviews of this product. 23 ReviewsAvailability: In StockStock No: WW428762
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Tessa AfsharTyndale House / 2020 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$12.354.8 out of 5 stars for Daughter of Rome, softcover. View reviews of this product. 22 Reviews
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Tessa AfsharMoody Publishers / 2020 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$9.995.0 out of 5 stars for Pearl in the Sand. View reviews of this product. 30 Reviews
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Tessa AfsharTyndale House / 2018 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$13.994.7 out of 5 stars for Thief of Corinth. View reviews of this product. 48 Reviews
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Tessa AfsharTyndale House / 2017 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$15.794.7 out of 5 stars for Bread of Angels. View reviews of this product. 29 Reviews
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Tessa AfsharTyndale House / 2016 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$14.394.9 out of 5 stars for Land of Silence. View reviews of this product. 35 Reviews
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Tessa AfsharMoody Publishers / 2014 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$11.994.8 out of 5 stars for In the Field of Grace. View reviews of this product. 39 Reviews
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Tessa AfsharRiver North / 2013 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$11.994.7 out of 5 stars for Harvest of Gold. View reviews of this product. 19 Reviews
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Tessa AfsharRiver North / 2012 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$13.794.7 out of 5 stars for Harvest of Rubies. View reviews of this product. 31 Reviews
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DVD Study Pack:
In The Way Home video Bible study, award-winning historical fiction author Tessa Afshar explores the life of Ruth; her strength and courage found through God’s redeeming love. In this six 15-to-22-minute-sessions, you’ll discover how God can turn pain and loss into a new life filled with hope. This study pack includes one DVD and one study guide.
Sessions include:
- The fulfillment of Our Purpose
- Where You God I Will Go
- Jesus Steps into the Shape of Our Wounds
- God Sees the Long View
- Our Kinsman Redeemer
- Unto Us a Son is Given