Here is a list of Catholic fiction writers that I have assembled from browsing different places on the web including different Catholic writing groups. This does not contain a complete bibliography of each author’s works. A lot of authors of all types write a lot and so I selected some titles that stood out. You can always click on their name and browse for more titles. I think that each author I have included is Catholic in some way shape or form. Or they were really liked by some other Catholic writer on the list. There is however a few non-Catholics included and also some non-fiction included. Plus, some podcasts, blogs and maybe some other things non-writing related. Some of the authors are very active online and some have not been active for quite some time. They disappeared from public view. Most have e-books and some only have print copies of their books. I listed where I can, those you can find on Kindle Unlimited.
Some Catholic writers are part of
Catholic Writers Guild –
The Rebirth of Catholic Arts and Letters
Pilgrim Tales:
An Anthology of Fiction by the Catholic Writers Guild (2025)
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Some Catholic writers have had their books reviewed at
Some are published at big Catholic publishing houses and some not so big.
Most are independent authors. A few are mainstream. I list those in a different section at the very end.
There is lots of Science Fiction, Fantasy and several fighting vampire novels. Plus some of the other genres as well.
Some have a lot of books published some only a few or at least one.
I have emphasized some authors over others but if there here, I found something of theirs worth sharing.
Some of the authors have agreed to giving me an interview. The link to that interview will be posted on here when I post it on the blog.
I will probably update this list as I think of new authors and other things to add.
There are always other things I am discovering.
AND if anyone reading this wants their book included,
or if you want to answer my interview questions, please let me know.
And I will add you in when I get around to updating this.
If someone is listed here, it doesn’t mean I agree with all their conclusions about life and the Catholic faith.
You will find some who are more liberal and some who are more conservative and, in the middle, and some who are just normal faithful Catholics.
So, for better or worse here is the list.
My sometimes partner in writing and full-time partner in life wrote some books.
Kristin Wilson GoodReads Profile (wife)
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Glen Aitken – DreamWeavers (2020)-
King’s Court (2025) by Elizabeth Agnes
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – StarQuest Media
Andie Andrews
The Legacy of Ruby Sanchez
2025 CMA Book Awards Gallery
Christian Romance First Place
Amadeus From Catholic Answers
The Truth Is Out There: Brendan & Erc in Exile, Volume 1 (2013)
The Big Picture: Brendan and Erc in Exile, Volume 2 (2016)
Weapons of War: Brendan and Erc in Exile, Volume 3 (2019)
Sarah Ashwood (Goodreads Author)
Sarah Ashwood is a happily married mom of four who writes low-spice fantasy with romance, appropriate for teens and adults. Audiobooks available of most books. No AI used in my books. Escape into the magic… Facebook
Aerisia: Land Beyond the Sunset
(The Sunset Lands Beyond #1) (2014)-
Redeeming the Dragon (2024)-– Redeeming the Dragon is one of eleven novels in the INTO THE ENCHANTED series—a standalone collection of no-spice fairytale retellings where magic-born heroines discover their happily ever after. Brimming with magic, mystery, twists, and swoon-worthy moments, these full-length novels can be enjoyed in any order!
Will Wilder (3 books) (2016/17/19) by Raymond Arroyo (Goodreads Author)
Divine Love (Immortal Dreams Trilogy #1) by (2017) Bethany Averie On Audible Only
This author is also published under Mark Baker
The Needle of Avocation (Cuthbert’s People #3) (2024)
The Wanderer and the Way (Cuthbert’s People #4) (2025)
Avellina Balestri
Avellina Balestri is a Catholic author and editor based in the historic Maryland-Pennsylvania borderlands. Her stories, poems, and essays have been featured in over thirty print and online publications including The Wisdom Daily, The Latin Mass Magazine, and The St. Austin Review. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Fellowship & Fairydust, a magazine inspiring faith and creativity and exploring the arts through a spiritual lens. Under its auspices, she had the honor of hosting a literary conference at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, commemorating the legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien. Her hobbies include listening to and performing folk music, watching and reviewing classic films, and chatting with a zany array of international contacts. Avellina believes that the Trinitarian and Incarnational mysteries are reflected in all things good, true, and beautiful, and that the image of God is wondrously woven into every human heart. These themes are at the forefront of the stories she chooses to tell. – Goodreads
www.fellowshipndfairydust.com
www.avellinabalestri.com
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The Telling of the Beads Book I: Saplings of Sherwood(2022)
All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier (2024)
Gerri Bauer
Meet the Writers Author
At Home in Persimmon Hollow (Persimmon Hollow Legacy, #1) (2015)
Stitching a Life in Persimmon Hollow (Persimmon Hollow Legacy #2) (2016)
Growing A Family in Persimmon Hollow (2021)
E.R. Barr (Goodreads Author)
Patheos Author
Msgr. Eric R. Barr, STL, is a retired Roman Catholic priest from the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois. He is the former Diocesan Vicar General, Vicar for Clergy, pastor of parishes, college and high school teacher and administrator, noted speaker on Celtic Spirituality, author of The Shadow 0f The Cross: A Journey Through the Virtues Of Celtic Spirituality, ACTA, 2004.
The Tales of Conor Archer (2 books)(2012/2020)
The Vatican Archives (2 books) (2021/22)
Please Don’t Remove Margreat’s Glasses! by Josh Baker
The Christus Experiment by Rod Bennett –
The Endless Knot (Father Baptist Series) (2001) by William L. Biersach
The Trojan Horse Traitor (Levi Prince, #1) (2015) by Amy C. Blake (Goodreads Author)
Gabriel Blanchard – Patheos Author
Mudblood Catholic
Gabriel Blanchard is a Catholic convert, gay author, radical leftist, unprofessional linguist, and Japanese food snob. He grew up as an evangelical Navy brat and got a degree in Classics from the University of Maryland. He currently lives in Baltimore and is a member of a local parish of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Peter. The everything notwithstanding, he is in fact not a vegan.
Death’s Dream Kingdom (The Redglass Trilogy Book 1) (2015)
Wells of Night: A collection of verse (2017)
The Seventh Trumpet (2020)
Lioness Lost (Chronicles of Ariella, #1) (2024)
Falling into Place (Chronicles of Ariella Book 2) (2026)
Death in Black and White:
2025 Reader’s Choice Awards | Catholic Reads Runner’s Up
Jacqueline Brown is a Clinical Psychologist turned Christian fiction author. Her first series is The Light series, focusing on faith, family, and hope in a post-apocalyptic world. Jonah is a definite fan favorite!-Facebook
The Light: Who Do You Become When the World Falls Away? (The Light, #1 of 5) (2016)
Awakening (Awakening, #1 of 3) (2020)
Altered (Altered, #1) (2022)
The Mystery of Harry Potter: A Catholic Family Guide (2007)
The Father Brown Reader: Stories from Chesterton (2014)
Father Brown Reader II: More Stories from Chesterton (2014)
The Woman Who Was Chesterton (2015)
A Heart at War (2020) by Caitlin Boudreau
J. A. Bouma
Home
I offer good religious fiction that thrills and inspires — from adventures to mysteries, inspiration to justice.
Book 1 of 12: Order of Thaddeus (2018) J. A. Bouma
Not of This World: (2022) A Religious Supernatural Suspense Mystery (Group X Cases Book 1 of 4) (2022)
Sacramental Letters: Themes in Catholic Literature (2018)
The World Transparent: A Catechesis at the Movies (2021)
The True Story of Mrs. Claus (2021) by
Everywhere in Chains: Secrets of the North Shore (2019) James Casper Ignatius Press Novels
Catholic Teen Books Visible & Invisible Anthology Series (5 book series)
Secrets: Visible and Invisible (Visible & Invisible #1) (2018)
Gifts: Visible & Invisible (Visible & Invisible #2) (2019)
Treasures: Visible & Invisible (Visible & Invisible #3) (2021)
Ashes: Visible & Invisible (Visible & Invisible #4) (2023)
Shadows: Visible & Invisible (Visible & Invisible #5) (2024)
Rosaline’s Curse (2022)
Mark’s Noble Quest (2024)
Catholicism and Coffee – YouTube
We are Beth and Stephen Gesinski. We talk about various topics of Catholicism and enjoy some great brews while doing so!
Author of Angelhood, a young adult novel from Vinspire Publishing and an Amazon bestseller in young adult Christian fiction on social issues
Angelhood (2015)
Seven Riddles to Nowhere (2016)
The Christmas Lights (Catholic Teen Books Collaborative Christmas Collection)
John Cicero writes quiet stories shaped by faith, memory, and the spaces between belief and doubt.
His work explores how spiritual inheritance is carried forward — not through spectacle, but through presence, craft, and what endures when answers remain incomplete.
The Seventh Door of the Carpenter is a generational novel rooted in atmosphere and restraint, honoring miracles not as proof, but as remembrance.
John believes some stories are not meant to explain faith — only to hold space for it. – Goodreads
Soar: The Ultimate Soul Mate Journey (2022)
THE SEVENTH DOOR of the CARPENTER: When Faith Still Builds (2025)
Merry Friggin’ Christmas: An Edgy Christmas Comedy (2018)
When the Wood Is Dry: An Edgy Catholic Thriller (2019)
The Ghost of Halloween Past and Other Catholic Tales from the Edge (2024) and Currently Free
2025 CMA Book Awards Gallery
Novels/Short Stories > B804: Science Fiction Novels
Second Place
2025 Reader’s Choice Awards | Catholic Reads 3rd Place
Stop Depriving the World of You:
A Guide for Getting Unstuck (2018)
Visible (2024)
Mesmerize (2026)
Erin McCole Cupp is grateful to be recovering from the effects of complex traumatic stress. She coaches, writes and speaks about mental health, family trauma, and addiction recovery from a Catholic perspective. –Amazon.com
Don’t You Forget About Me (2013)
Working Mother (2014)
Unclaimed (2016) Book 1 of 3: The Memoirs of Jane E, Friendless Orphan
Connor Curley
Meet The Writer Philosopher Connor Curley |
An Interview With Catholic Writer Connor Curley
Remembering Tomorrow | Substack
D. G. D. Davidson
(formally the Sci-Fi Catholic)
Book 1 of 1: Deus ex Magical Girl (2021)
Book 1 of 2: Jake and the Dynamo (2021)
Eyewitness – The Risen Saints (2021) by Charles De Andrade
To Rival a Reflection: A Snow White Retelling (The Shattered Tales, #10)(2023)
A Renewed Hope (2024) One of several Authors
A Healing Hope (Hope Ever After #16): A Rapunzel Retelling (2024)
Waking Ocean’s Beauty (2026)
Fiorella De Maria
Poor Banished Children (2011) Ignatius Press
The Sleeping Witness (Father Gabriel, #1) (2017) Ignatius Press
This Thing of Darkness (2021) Ignatius Press
with
Chosen (The Lost Books, #1) (2007) by Ted Dekker
Meet the Writer Author
The Prophesied: The first part of “A Man with a Wing” (2025)
Christopher R. DiNote | Substack
Upstream Reviews | Declan Finn | Substack
Looking for the King: An Inklings (2010)
The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World: A Novel of Robert Louis Stevenson (2017)
Bernadette is an artist who commits writing because for some reason, nobody else is writing her stories for her. She lives in California with lots of guitars and a husband who plays them, a garage full of toys that she never bought and which seem to breed, and one more child than there are cats. –Facebook
Minstrel (2018)
William H. Duquette is a software engineer, father of four, lay member of the Dominican Order, and life-long resident of Southern California. –Amazon.com
Island of the Panzer-Schnauzers: A Brief Tale of Adventure (2014)
Vikings at Dino’s: A Novel of Lunch and Mayhem (2016) (Travels with Michael Book 2)
Through Darkest Zymurgia!: A Ripping Yarn (The Known World Book 1) (2017)
Very Truly Run After: A Novel of Squirrels and Romance (Travels with Michael Book 2) (2018)
Colleen Drippé
Sunrise on the Icewolf (Star Brothers Adventures) (2017) Part of: Star Brothers Adventures (8 books)
Dreams Times Ten(2025) Book 1 of 4: Dreams Times Ten
Pope Bob (2010)
How to Write Your Novel in Nine Weeks (2011)
The Hidden Fortune (2011)
The World’s Funniest Atheist (2012)
Holy Terror (The Holy Terror Series Book 1) by John R. Dougherty
Toward the Gleam (2011) by T.M. Doran Ignatius Press Novels
Christian Horror (2015) by Mike Duran
THE NINE COMMANDMENTS (2024) by James Andrew Edske
Karina Fabian
and Robert Fabian
Meet Catholic Sci-Fi Author Karina Fabian
| An Interview With Sci-Fi Catholic Author Karina Fabian
Catholic Writers Guild –
The Rebirth of Catholic Arts and Letters
The Mind Over Novels (2011) (3 books)
Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator (2010) (3 books)
Discovery (2016) The Rescue Sisters(6 books)
Space Traipse: Hold My Beer (2019 – present) (7 books)
Frightliner and Other Tales of the Supernatural(2020) with Colleen Drippé
The Old Man and the Void (The Old Man & The Void) Book 1 of 2: The Old Man & The Void ( 2020)
Worlds of FabianSpace: A Story Sampler (2020)
Doall’s Do-Over: A Space Traipse Story (2021) Karina Fabian
I Left My Brains in San Francisco: Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator (2021)
A Winkle in Time (DragonEye, PI) (2021) Dragon Eye(13 books)
Our Daily Bread: A Rescue Sisters Story (2022)
and so much more….Amazon.com: Karina Fabian: Kindle Store
Our Lady of the Sign: A Novel (2025)
Ignatius Press
Through the Open Window (2009)
The Rose Ring (2013)
The Lacemaker: A Novel of St. Zelie Martin (2021)
The Charter Class (2023)
The Christmas Quilt (2025)
The Lord is My Shepherd: A Novel of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (2025)
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Deranged Catholic.
NYC Refugee hiding in Texas.
I have some awards
The Pius Trilogy (2013 – 2015) (3 books)
The Last Survivors (2013)/2016)(2 books)
Love at First Bite (2015 – 2017) (3 books)
White Ops (2022 – 2023) (5 books)
The Neck Romancer (2024) Book 1 of 5: Honeymoon from Hell with
Laura Fredrickson
Substack
Meet the Writer Author
Stories have captivated Caroline Furlong from early childhood. She considers it a minor miracle that as a child no one ever tripped over the toys she scattered while she set up queens and sent out heroes on quests. Reading meant that the toys got taken out less, and when it came to writing at thirteen or fourteen they were put away for good.
But she continues to dream up realms and heroes, monsters and androids. They are her toys now, parading across paper rather than a carpet. The slightest suggestion – a word, a movie, a flower, or a ship – can bring a new story to mind. So, where there are dragons that talk and spaceships to fly, that’s where she will be. –Bio – A Song of Joy by Caroline Furlong
The Lion Guard VS DC Superheros @ The Catholic Bard
The Guardian Cycle, Vol.1: In Dreams and Other Stories (2022) Book 1 of 3: The Guardian Cycle
Theophany (2025)
Monalisa Foster
Award winning writer of science fiction. Hard SF, mil-SF, space opera. Recovering physicist and engineer. I’ve been told I write crunchy sci-fi even though my goal is to write stories with heart. Heroes, story, and craft. Things that are worth writing. –Facebook
Promethea Invicta (2018)
Cooper: A Short Story (2019)
The Heretic: A Joan of Arc Alt History Short Story (2022)
American Assassin (Mitch Rapp, #1) (2010) by Vince Flynn
A Stranger Among Us (2025)
Pedro Gabriel
Pedro Gabriel, MD, is a Catholic layman and physician, born and residing in Portugal. He is a medical oncologist, currently employed in a Portuguese public hospital. A published writer of Catholic novels with a Tolkienite flavor, he is also a parish reader and a former catechist. He seeks to better understand the relationship of God and Man by putting the lens on the frailty of the human condition, be it physical and spiritual. He also wishes to provide a fresh perspective of current Church and World affairs from the point of view of a small western European country, highly secularized but also highly Catholic by tradition. –Pedro Gabriel, Author at Where Peter Is
Ironcraft (Chronicles of Dumah) (2021)
The Landing Place (2011)
by Serafim Gascoigne
Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP |
Pauline Books & Media
The Curse He Chose (In Aeternum #1) (2025)
The Light They Left: In Aeternum 2 (2026)
Brian H. Gill | A Catholic Citizen in America
I was born in 1951. I’m a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I’m also a writer and artist.
Hold My Beer: An Apocalypse (Paperback Only) by
Tom Gould |
creating “Tomics” Bible Parodies | Patreon
Sarah E. Greydanus
Eyes of the Night Sky: And Other Stories (2018)
The Power in the Snow
Daughter of Blogger
Deacon Steven D. Greydanus
About – SDG’s Dailies & Sundays
Deacon Steve: Here’s a typical sampling of some of the kinds of things I write:
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Calvin & Hobbes Sunday: Do you want to build a snowman? (one of the most liked and restacked pieces I’ve written here; a Comics post)
- Reflections on voting as a pro-life Catholic (for a long time the most read piece I’ve written here, and one of the most important; a Public square post)
- “The day Western civilization ended” (notes on Star Trek and good writing; a Language post)
- Benoit Blanc goes to church: Mysteries and faith in Wake Up Dead Man (my review of the third Knives Out movie, with particular attention to its Catholic themes; a Movies post)
- The a-hole version (Penn Jillette, Sam Harris, and the moral argument for God; a God thoughts post)
- Religious and family trauma; forgiveness and its counterfeits (a Homilies post)
- Crisis of meaning on infinite earths, part 1 (long thoughts on superhero multiverse movies; a Movies post)
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The sophistication of “The Far Side”: My first comics post (a Comics post)
Josh Griffing is a lifelong lover of beauty and the written word. He blogs intermittently at subcreated-worlds.com. –Amazon.com
The Hyperion Signals (2023)
God Save The King (2023)
James K. Hanna |
The Remarkable Life of Bishop Bonaventure Broderick:
Exile, Redemption, and a Gas Station (2022)
Meet The Writer James K. Hanna |
Catholic Author James K. Hanna Talks About His Life As An Author.
My website: James K. Hanna – rem litteris mandare (to put a thing in writing)
My Substack: The Obscure, Forgotten, and Undiscovered | James K. Hanna | Substack
A Dark and Desperate Race: A Novel (2025)
Pauline Books & Media
Consulting – Jon F Harmon | Strategic Communications
Scraps of Grace: A Novel (2024)
The World’s a Stage: A Caritas Adams Adventure (2020) (The Adventures of Caritas Adams Book 2)
God’s Secret Agents:
Queen Elizabeth’s Forbidden Priests
and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot (2005)
In the Realm of Mist and Mercy (2017) by Susan Howard
Hope Springs | Audio Drama Series
The Silence of Bones by June Hur (2021)
Catholic, entomologist, husband, father of 4, host of I Might Believe in Faeries podcast
Meet the Writer Author
“It’s Iimi! is a Webcomic that seeks to offer the Catholic perspective. New Comics on the 1st, 11th, and 21st of each month.
A proud citizen of the Lone Star State, Lori Janeski wonders why the rest of the country can’t be more Texan, why the rest of the world isn’t more Polish, and what planet Yankees originally came from. A graduate of Christendom College, she has strong views on the liturgy, movies, Texan sports teams, the Final Fantasy franchise, and the proper way to cook pierogi. In addition to blogging about those and other topics, she spends her time playing the organ, writing about space detectives, minding both her husband and her munchkin, and searching for the perfect salsa. Amazon.com
Phoenix Book 1 of 2: The Carter Files (2023)
Raven Book 2 of 2: The Carter Files (2024)
Defend the Tabernacle (2017) by Patrick Augustin Jones
Worth Dying For (Heaven’s Hunter Book 2)
2025 Reader’s Choice Awards | Catholic Reads 4th Place
Cy Kellett is the host of Catholic Answers Live. He formerly hosted The Bright Side with Cy Kellett on the Immaculate Heart Radio network. For more than a decade Kellett was editor of San Diego’s diocesan newspaper, The Southern Cross. Before that, he taught high school in and then spent several years working with the homeless mentally ill in Massachusetts while living in a Catholic Worker house. – Goodreads
Ad Limina: A Novella of Catholics in Space (2013)
A Philadelphia Catholic in King James’s Court (1999)
Manayunk: A Novel (2020)
Lucas Kitchen (Non-Cath0lic)
Missionary To Mars (2023)
For The Sake Of The King: A Novel In The Everking Chronicles (2024)
Part of: The Everking Chronicles (2 books)
Gettysburg Replies: The World Responds to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (2015)
Under Lincoln’s Hat: 100 Objects That Tell the Story of His Life and Legacy (2016)
Blessing My Mother’s Rosary: Lourdes. Loss. Love. (2024)
Ginny Kochis
Meet the Writer Author
Blink And We’ll Miss It (2023) Book 1 of 2: Minnesott Beach
The Brain God Gave Me: Neurodivergence for Catholic Kids (2025)
Shadow in the Dark (2020) by Antony Barone Kolenc The Harwood Mysteries (6 books)
Peter Kreeft
Between Heaven and Hell (1982) C.S. Lewis, John Kennedy, Aldous Huxley
The Best Things in Life (1984) Socrates probes success, power and pleasure.
Socrates Meets Jesus (2002) Questions Christ. See the play!
The Snakebite Letters (1998) Devilishly devious secrets for subverting society
An Ocean Full of Angels (2011) (Also: the Strange Story behind the novel)
Lightsinger (2017)
The Underlings: A Hologram Short Story (The Hologram Trilogy) (2023) Walker Larson
Sorcerous (Rise of the Charioteer, #1) (2001)
Book 1 of 4: Rise of the Charioteer Series
The Holy Lance (The English Templars Book 1) by Andrew A. Latham
Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1) (1987) by Stephen R. Lawhead
Jane Lebak
I meet her live in person at a Writing Group
Jane Lebak’s author website
Jane Lebak talks to angels, cats, and her kids. Only the angels listen to her, but the kids talk back. She lives in the Swamp, writing books and knitting socks, with the occasional foray into violin-playing. Enjoy! Amazon.com
An Arrow In Flight (Seven Archangels, #1) (2014) Seven Archangels (6 books)
Bulletproof Vestments(2015)
The Space Between: A Science Fiction Novelette (2021)
A Thousand Generations (2023)
Michael Leonard has had a strange and varied life that has brought him from the banks of the Yangtze River to the halls of MIT. He resides in Massachusetts with his wife and two young sons and he can be found discussing his next novel with his eight pound dachshund. Goodreads
Pilgrims (2024)
Paul Leone
Paul Leone grew up on a strange diet of Tolkien, Lewis, Lucas, Roddenberry, Stoker, monster movies and comic books. This genre passion has inexplicably fused with his entrance into the Catholic Church to give you the Vatican Vampire Hunters series. He currently resides in Western New York with a cat who is not at all interested in his overly large collection of bad movies. Amazon.com
The Scriptorium: Paul Leone’s Writings and Musings | Substack
Mysterious Albion (2013) (Vatican Vampire Hunters # 1 of 2)
The Governess of Greenmere (2020)
The Hungry Dead of Yü-ching and Other Stories (2021)
Kung Fu Antipopes and Other Strange Stories (2021)
The Dweller in Drury Lane and Other Curious Chronicles (2024)
Erin Lewis
Meet Camper And Catholic Writer Erin Lewis
An Interview With Catholic Writer Erin Lewis
Firetender (2023) Book 1 of 3: Chalice
Discover Theresa Linden’s Catholic Fiction |
Silver Fire Publishing
Theresa Linden is the author of award-winning ROLAND WEST, LONER and BATTLE FOR HIS SOUL, from her series of Catholic teen fiction. An avid reader and writer since grade school, she grew up in a military family. Moving every few years left her with the impression that life is an adventure. Her Catholic faith inspires the belief that there is no greater adventure than the reality we can’t see, the spiritual side of life. She hopes that the richness, depth, and mystery of the Catholic faith will spark her readers’ imagination of the invisible realities and the power of faith and grace. A member of the Catholic Writers Guild and CatholicTeenBooks.com, Theresa lives in northeast Ohio with her family. – Amazon.com
Chasing Liberty (2015) (3 books)
Belt of Truth (2023) Armour of God (5 books)
Jumping into Joy: Caitlyn and Peter’s Rosary Adventures (2025)
Sharing the Sorrow (Caitlyn and Peter’s Rosary Adventures Book 2) (2025)
Jack Lombardo
Good Reads Profile
(not Catholic but a good Christian Friend)
The Great White Way (2020)
Charley: The Story of the Youngest Soldier to Die in the American Civil War (2013) by
Chris Manion
God’s Patient Pursuit of My Soul (2016)
The Light We Cannot See (2021)
The Grateful Boat (2022)
IN THE FINCH’S HEART: Book one of A Tale of Two Birds (2025)
Angel Fire (1996)Mary Marshall Out of Print NO EBOOK
Sword and Serpent (Sword and Serpent, #1 of 3) (2014) by Taylor R. Marshall
The Abbey: A Story of Discovery –
A Catholic Novel of Three Seekers, Spiritual Journeys, and God’s Power to Heal (2019)
James J. Martin
How many of us know at age ten what we want to be when we grow up? And how many of us actually achieve that goal? I’m one of the lucky ones who did just that. I grew up in Colorado where my love for reading and writing was nourished by my family (I’m the oldest of eight) and my teachers. After getting my undergraduate degree in English, I embarked on a career in writing for magazines and newspapers across the country, which has lasted more than thirty years and which has grown to include the authoring of two dozen books to date. I’ve added a master’s degree in theology, which is most helpful in penning faith-based works.
When I’m not writing, I spend a lot of time presenting my books in in-person and online appearances and conducting writing workshops in schools. My greatest joy, however, is spending time with my loved ones in beautiful Colorado. I am grateful to God for the gifts of faith, family, and friends–and for the ability to share my books with readers around the world. –Amazon.com
Awakening (Crossroads in Time Books) (2011)
Beckoning (2022)
Aaron McAfee
The Black Friars (2025) ) – NO EBOOK
King of the Lake: and Other Stories (2022)
The Gift of Peace (Treasures of Grace Book 1) (2025)
The Body of This Death – Word on Fire (2026) Ross McCullough
Voyage with the Vikings (Imagination Station, #1) (2011)
by Paul McCusker with Marianne Hering
Book 1 of 35: AIO Imagination Station Books
The Conquest of Foy (2021) by Mark McPherson
John McNichol
Good Reads Profile @ Catholic Exchange
The Tripods Attack! (2008) The Young Chesterton Chronicles Book 1
The Emperor of North America (2011) The Young Chesterton Chronicles Book 2
The King’s Gambit(2012)
Bovodar and the Bears by Jack Mikkelson
Pierced by a Sword (Pierced by a Sword, #1) (1996)
Conceived Without Sin (1997)
House of Gold (1999)
Terry Ann Modica, Founder/Director of Good News Ministries of Tampa Bay, searched for the supernatural while growing up in a mainstream Christian denomination. Not finding it in her church, she became interested in the occult. Seven years later, Jesus rescued her from its demonic strongholds. In 1982, she became a professional Christian writer, and in 1989 her book “Overcoming the Power of the Occult” was published. Soon after, at a speaking engagement on the topic, she met an ex-satanic high priest who had been delivered from many demons by Christ. The novel, “Victor”, was inspired by what she learned from interviewing him extensively.
Victor: The Novel (2019)
On the Edges of Elfland: A Fairy-Tale for Grown Ups by David Russell Mosley (Goodreads Author)
Lorraine V. Murray – NCRegister
Lorraine (Viscardi) Murray grew up in Miami. She graduated from the University of Florida with graduate degrees in English and philosophy and then taught both subjects in college. In her forties she finally got serious about pursuing her dream of writing and left teaching to become a free-lance writer. Today she is a columnist with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Georgia Bulletin. Her column in The Georgia Bulletin won a first-place award in national competition from the Catholic Press Association in 2014.
She has written eight books so far, including a biography of Flannery O’Connor (“The Abbess of Andalusia”). She also enjoys writing cozy mysteries: “Death in the Choir,” “Death of a Liturgist,” and “Death Dons a Mask.” They all feature Francesca Bibbo, Tubs the cat, and a hamster named Ignatius. Lorraine lives in Decatur with her husband, and when she is not hunkered down at the computer, she likes to bake bread, watch hummingbirds, grow orchids, and chase squirrels out of the garden. Amazon.com
Death in the Choir (Francesca Bibbo Series Book 1 of 3) (2009)
The Abbess of Andalusia: Flannery O’Connor’s Spiritual Journey (2009)
R.C. Mulhare
(personal Friend)
R.C. Mulhare has the distinction of reading a translation of the famous cursed play “The King in Yellow” without going mad,once successfully defended her day-job workplace from zombies, through some judicious use of clearance-rack garden tools, and fought off a group of Yog-Sothoth cultists in the hallway of a hotel in Providence, Rhode Island…
In actuality, R.C. Mulhare was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and grew up in one of the surrounding towns, in a hundred year old house up the street from a centuries-old cemetery. Her interest in the dark and mysterious started when she was quite young, when her mother read the faery tales of the Brothers Grimm and quoted the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe to her, while her Irish storyteller father infused her with a fondness for strange characters and quirky situations. When she isn’t writing, she moonlights in grocery retail, and given the cross-section of people you see in grocery stores, this gives her a lot of ideas for characters in her stories. A two-time Amazon best-selling author, contributor to the Hugo Award Winning Archive of Our Own, and member of the New England Horror Writers, her work previously appeared with Atlantean Publishing, Macabre Maine, and FunDead Publications, Deadman’s Tome, and Weirdbook Magazine, with four more stories already slated for release in 2019. She shares her home with her family, two small parrots, about fifteen hundred books and an unknown number of eldritch things that rattle in the walls when she’s writing late in the night…. –Amazon.com
The Wings at His Window (The Dreamer of Providence, #1) (2017)
The House on Smithen Street, or From Out the Cellar (2020)
Has lots of stories on
New Kid Catastrophes (T.J. and the Time Stumblers, #1)(2011) by Bill Myers
The Battle of Pneumatika: In the beginning (2013) by Brian Newberry
War Demons (2017) Book 1 of 2: The Prodigal Son by Russell Newquist
Order of Saint Michael Book 1 of 3: God’s Army (2013)
Eleanor Bourg Nicholson
Eleanor Bourg Nicholson is a scholar, an award-winning novelist (A Bloody Habit, Brother Wolf, Wake of Malice, & The Letters of Magdalen Montague), and a homeschooling mother. –Amazon.com
This Present Darkness (1986)
Piercing the Darkness (1989)
The Wounded Spirit (2000)
Michael D O’Brien
Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (1996) Children of the Last Days (7 books)
Plague Journal (Children of the Last Days #2)
Voyage to Alpha Centauri: A Novel (2017)Ignatius Press Novels
The Lighthouse: A Novel (2020)
The Sabbatical: A Novel (2021)
Letter to the Future: A Novel (2025)
Angel of Death (Inspector Sheehan Mysteries, #1) by Brian O’Hare Book 1 of 9: The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries
Santiago Muguiro Olagaray
The Unknown Waters 2016
Rhonda Ortiz is an award-winning novelist and mother of many. – Amazon.com
In Pieces (Molly Chase #1) (2021)
Adrift (Molly Chase #2) (2023)
The Virtuous Jane Austen: Short Reflections on Character (2015)
Through a Screen Darkly (2007)
Auralia’s Colors (2007)
Cyndere’s Midnight (2008)
Raven’s Ladder (2010)
The Ale Boy’s Feast (2011)
Lost & Found in the Cathedral of Cinema: A Spiritual Journey (2026)
The Rising: A Novel (2014) by Robert Ovies Ignatius Press Novels
I Am John Paul by (2017) Cris Pasqueralle
Providence Blue: A Fantasy Quest (2021) by David Pinault
A Hiker’s Guide to Purgatory (2022) Ignatius Press Novels
The Weight of a Mass: A Tale of Faith (2022) Josephine Nobisso: NO EBOOKS
Richard Paolinelli
Richard began his writing journey as a freelance writer in 1984 and gained his first fiction credit serving as the lead writer for the first two issues of the Elite Comics sci-fi/fantasy series, Seadragon. His 20-year sports writing career was highlighted by the 2001 California Newspaper Publishers Association award for Best Sports Story.
In 2010, Richard retired as a sportswriter and returned to his fiction writing roots. Since then he has written seven novels, two non-fiction sports books, and has appeared in several anthologies including five Sherlock Holmes collections. He has won several awards and his novel, Escaping Infinity, was a 2017 Dragon Award Finalist for Best Sci-Fi novel.
He is currently co-writing the six-novella Timeless series .with his grandson, and offers exclusive content to premium subscribers to his blog as well as excellent free content to non-subscribers Home – Amazon.com
Escaping Infinity (2017) Book 1 of 2: Infinity
The Timeless (2021)
Galen’s Way: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Starquest 4th Age, Book 1 of 3)2021)
The Fall Of Denver: A Tribute Story to the Original War Of The Worlds By H.G. Wells’
Of All The Gin Joints In The Universe (2025)
Michael Parzymieso has written for local, regional, and national magazines. He writes and edits the outdoor magazine, Northland Outdoors.
As a novelist, he writes about the power of faith and friendship in the face of malevolent evil.
He has been an urban, suburban, and rural classroom teacher for twenty-four years. – Amazon.com
The Dale (2025)
A Printer’s Choice (2018)
Providence Blue: A Fantasy Quest (2021) by David Pinault Ignatius Press Novels
Drumwall by (2009) Lynden Rodriguez NO EBOOK
Gabriel’s Chalice (2011) by Frank A Ruffolo
The Wellspring by (2018) M.M.I. Salisbury
Jim Sano
www.jimsano.com
Meet the Writer Author
The Father’s Son (2019)
Matthew P. Schmidt was chosen by God in God before the existence of the world to be holy and blameless before Him. Matthew P. Schmidt is not that good at that, but he tries. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but moved at a young age to Martins Ferry, Ohio, where he lurks today.
Matthew P. Schmidt has written since he was five and dictated stories to his parents, and has programmed since he figured out how to work QBasic. He finds writing and programming to be surprisingly similarly, though admittedly typos in books do not usually cause the reader to crash. Matthew P. Schmidt is certain there are exceptions.
When not working on one of his many projects, Matthew P. Schmidt dreams of worlds that are not, in addition to much reading of books and playing of games. He enjoys the Great Blue Heron and octopuses of all kinds, no matter their plural. He often speaks of himself in the third person, and not only in online biographies. As M. P. Smythe, he writes the paranormal romance, My Girlfriend, the Witch-Queen. Matthew P. Schmidt attends St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Martins Ferry, where he regularly eats God. –Amazon.com
The City and the Dungeon: And Those who Dwell and Delve Within (2017) Book 1 of 2: The City and the Dungeon
The World of Wishes (2021) Read For Free
Ring of Time: Tales of a Time Traveling Historian in the Roman Empire (2014)
Tales from the Brackenwood Ghost Club (2017)
The Seventh Word (2016)
The River Dead (2019) Book 1 of 4: Cajun Zombie Chronicles
The Theology of Sci-Fi: The Christian’s Guide to the Galaxy
Nachtstürm Castle: A Gothic Austen Novel (2017) Book 1 of 2: Austenesque Bits of Ivory
SQPN, the Star Quest Production Network, is a Catholic non-profit organization that serves the Church, evangelizes the world, and forms authentic community through the creation of audio and video programs that explore the intersection of faith and modern culture. Lots of podcasts related to fiction and the worlds that come from them.
Teddy Gyros: Kid Vampire Slayer: Book One: It Begins (1 of 3)
Kimberly Souba
From Death to New Life: The Transformation of a Soul (2020)
A Caterpillar’s Journey (2021)
Flight of the Butterfly (2023)
Mary, Dinosaurs, and the Wonders of God: A Backyard Adventure with Momma Mary (2025)
Miriam’s Heavenly Tea Party (2025)
Falling as She Sings (2016)
The Year of My Humiliation: A Novel (2025)
Heavenly Hosts: Eucharistic Miracles for Kids (Catholic Stories for Kids Book 1) (2017)
Miraculous!: Catholic Mysteries for Kids (Catholic Stories for Kids Book 2) (2020)
Rescued!: True Stories for Catholic Kids (Catholic Stories for Kids Book 3)
Someone I’ve interacted with Online
The Veritas Chronicles, a YA Trilogy (2014 -2021)
Prince of Chandeliers (2025)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) (2015)
The Doors of Eden (2020)
Close to the Soulby (2021)
The Last Ugly Person: And Other Stories (2003)
The Accidental Marriage: A Novel (2014)
Under the Watchful Sky (The Watchful Sky Series Book 1) (2018) Watchful Sky Series (4 books)
The Ghosts of Midgard Manor: And Other Stories (2019)
Firebird Trilogy (#1 – 3) (1987)
The Truce at Bakura (1994)
Writing Deep Viewpoint (2017)
Whisper Music (The Morrigan Canticles Book 1) (2019) by J.B. Toner
Amends (2015)
Punishment: A Love Story (2019)
Corinna Turner
Corinna Turner has been writing since she was fourteen and likes strong protagonists with plenty of integrity. Although she spends as much time as possible writing, she cannot keep up with the flow of ideas, for which she offers thanks—and occasional grumbles!—to the Holy Spirit. She is the author of over twenty-five books, including the Carnegie Medal Nominated I Am Margaret series, and her work has been translated into four languages. She was awarded the St. Katherine Drexel award in 2022.
She is a Lay Dominican with an MA in English from Oxford University and lives in the UK. She used to have a Giant African Land Snail, Peter, with a 6½” long shell, but now makes do with a cactus and a campervan.Amazon.com
The Boy Who Knew: Carlo Acutis – Friends in High Places (4 books)
Do Carpenters Dream of Wooden Sheep?: The Nativity story as dreamt by a sleeping teenage boy (A Friends in High Places Spin-Off) (2021)
Please Don’t Feed the Dinosaurs:(2022) (unSPARKed Book 1) Includes DRIVE! and ‘A Dino-Whisperer at the Zoo’ unSPARKed (19 books)
Karen Ullo
Meet the Writer Author
Jennifer the Damned (2016)
Cinder Allia (2017)
To Crown with Liberty (2024)
Sixth in Line by (2017) Clare Urbanski
Alanna Vane
Over the Dragon’s Wall (2024)(Children of Koshluk Book 1)
The Stones Will Sing (2025)Book 1 of 2: Chronicles of Danbarrah
The Wish Thief (2015) C.D. Verhoff
The Night’s Dark Shade: A Novel of the Cathars (2009)
The Paradise Tree (2014)
My Queen, My Love: A Novel of Henrietta Maria (The Henrietta of France Trilogy Book 1)
Book 1 of 2: The Henrietta of France Trilogy (2021)
Christopher Villiers
Versing the Mystery: Poems (2024)
Voyage Comics & Publishing –
Christian Comic Books and Graphic Novels
So many books, comics, non-fiction and fiction
Including
Finnian and the Seven Mountains (Issue #1) Part of: Finnian and the Seven Mountains
The Phantom Phoenix #1 – Michael LaVoy
The Catholic Cartoon Collection:
No. 2 – Voyage Comics
by Joshua Masterson
Fr. Otto and friends are back with more laughs and holy moments in this second collection of the Catholic Cartoon!-Voyage Comics
Little Missionary: St. Thérèse of Lisieux – Voyage Comics
Little Missionary: New comic celebrates St. Thérèse’s legacy
The Perfect Blindside Book 1 of 2: Blindside by
The Enchanted Sonat (2018) Heather Dixon Wallwork
The Vines of Mars: Murder on a Small Colonial Planet (A Seeded Sky Book) (2020)
Out of Ireland
2024 CMA Book Awards Gallery
Faith–Based Novel Second Place
Book 1 of 6: Books of Unexpected Enlightenment
Mary Jessica Woods
Marly Youmans @ Free SF (5)
D. G. Myers: “A writer who has more resolutely stood her ground against the tide of literary fashion would be difficult to name.” –X
Charis in the World of Wonders (2020) Ignatius Press Novels
Page Zaplendam is a long time fan of science fiction everything, dystopian novels, folk lore, fairy tales, and Regency romance. She has been a contributor to several science fiction anthologies and writes occasional articles on her substack, where she also publishes Hinterspace: a podcast for lovers of SFF.
Interested parties may find her on facebook, gab or Goodreads. When she’s not working on becoming the next SFF bestseller, she’s washing dishes and changing diapers. – Amazon.com
Book 1 of 3: The Unofficial Chronicles of John Grissom (2015)
Mainstream Catholic Writers
of Speculative Fiction
The following section contains writers who are more mainstream.
I think I could have made this section better,
but here is a basic list with a few links
where you can learn more if you want to.
The TBG of Catholic Speculative Fiction Writers OCTOBER 18, 2020
The Quest for Saint Aquin, (1951) found in The Compleat Boucher (1999) by Anthony Boucher (fantasticfiction.com)
Regina Doman (fantasticfiction.com)
Fairy Tale Novels
1. The Shadow of the Bear (2002)
2. Black As Night (2004)
3. Waking Rose (2008)
4. The Midnight Dancers (2008)
5. Alex O’Donnell and the 40 CyberThieves (2010)
6. Rapunzel Let Down (2013)
Eifelheim (2006) by Michael F. Flynn
Andrew M. Greeley
The Final Planet (1987)
The Catholic Imagination (2000)
Rosamund Hodge
Crimson Bound (2015)
Recommended by Sci-Fi Catholic Geeks Free Sf Online
Dean Koontz
Elsewhere (2020)
The Other Emily (2021)
Quicksilver (2022)
The Big Dark Sky (2022)
The House at the End of the World (2023)
R.A. Lafferty
Past Master (1968)
Fourth Mansions (1969)
The Best of R. A. Lafferty (2021)
Walter Miller
A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)
Sandra Miesel
Dreamrider (1982)
Shaman (1989)
Tim Powers
Anubis Gates
1. The Anubis Gates (1983)
2. Nobody’s Home (2014)
The Properties of Rooftop Air (2020)
More Walls Broken More Walls Broken by Tim Powers
Vickery and Castine
1. Alternate Routes (2018)
2. Forced Perspectives (2020)
3. Stolen Skies (2021)
Parallel Worlds of Richard Purtill by Richard L. Purtill
Saint Vidicon To The Rescue (2005) by Christopher Stasheff
Warlock in Spite of Himself 1ST Edition Thus by Christophe Stasheff
Space Vulture by Gary K. Wolf and Archbishop John J. Myers
Gene Wolfe
The Shadow of the Torturer (1980)
Borrowed Man
1. A Borrowed Man (2015)
2. Interlibrary Loan (2020)
John C. Wright
City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis by John C. Wright
Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis (2014)
All Men Dream of Earthwomen and Other Aeons (2020)
The Door Into Nowhere (2021)
Catholic Haunted Fiction
Not necessary Catholics who wrote about Catholic Stuff
James Blish
After Such Knowledge
1. A Case of Conscience (1958)
2. Doctor Mirabilis (1964)
3. Black Easter (1968)
4. The Day After Judgement (1972)
William Peter Blatty
The Exorcist (1971)
Science Fiction Oddities by Groff Conklin (Editor)
Lina Rather
Sisters of the Vast Black
1. Sisters of the Vast Black (2019)
2. Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (2022)
Mary Doria Russell
Sparrow
1. The Sparrow (1996)The Sparrow: Book Reflections
2. Children of God (1998)
Our Lady of the Lost and Found: A Novel of Mary, Faith, and Friendship by Diane Schoemperlen
Classic Catholic Authors
The Detection Club: and another Catholic Mystery Writer
The Complete Father Brown Stories by G. K. Chesterton
The Ball and the Cross (1909) by G.K. Chesterton
Dorothy L Sayers– Author of the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries
Ronald Knox -Author of the Insurance Firm Investigator Miles Bredon Mysteries
C. S. Lewis – Creator of Narnia and some Catholic Sci-Fi
J. R. R. Tolkien – Creator of Middle Earth and the Hobbits
Charles Williams -Author of War in Heaven (1930)
Owen Barfield – The Silver Trumpet (novel) (1925)
The Nature of Middle-earth: (2021) J.R.R Tolkien with Carl F Hostetter
Our Lord and the Saints
Jim Bishop
The Day Christ was Born and The Day Christ Died.
Taylor Caldwell
Dear and Glorious Physician (1958)
Ignatius Press Novels
Louis de Wohl
who wrote a lot of novels about saints.
Fulton Oursler
(January 22, 1893 – May 24, 1952)
The Greatest Story Ever Told Series:
The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Tale of the Greatest Life Ever Lived (1949)
The Greatest Book Ever Written: The Old Testament Story (1951)
The Greatest Faith Ever Known: The Story of the Men Who First Spread the Religion of Jesus and of the Momentous Times in Which They Lived. (1953)
This book was started by Fulton and finished by his daugher April Oursler Armstrong who also wrote
The Tales Christ Told (1959).
Will Oursler (1913–1985) who helped his dad write a book about and a book about Servant of God Father Flanagan of Boy’s Town, (1949)
Fulton like a lot of other Catholic Writers also wrote mystery novels.
Some Popular Mainstream
Catholic Genre Writers
Hilaire Belloc – Cautionary Tales for Children (1907)
Robert Hugh Benson – Lord of the World (1908)
Georges Bernanos – Journal d’un curé de campagne 1936 (also issued serially 1935–36)
The Diary of a Country Priest 1936
Emily Holmes Coleman – The Shutter of Snow (1930)
Dorothy Day – The Eleventh Virgin (2024)
Alice Thomas Ellis – The Summer House: A Trilogy (1991)
Francis J. Finn – Tom Playfair; or, Making a Start (1890)
Graham Greene – The Power and the Glory (1940)
Ron Hansen – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (1983)
Silence (1966) Shūsaku Endō.
Ralph McInerny – Her Death of Cold (Father Dowling #1)
Brian Moore (1921–1999) Catholics (1972)
Flannery O’Connor
Flannery O’Connor bibliography
Novels
- Wise Blood (1952)
- The Violent Bear It Away (1960)
- Why Do the Heathen Rage? (unfinished; published 2024)
Short story collections
- A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (1955)
- Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965)
- The Complete Stories (1971)
Walker Percy – The Thanatos Syndrome (1987)
Ellis Peters – A Morbid Taste for Bones (published in August 1977, set in 1137)
J. F. Powers (July 8, 1917 – June 12, 1999)- The Stories of J.F. Powers (2000)
Sigrid Undset – Gunnar’s Daughter (1909)
Evelyn Waugh – Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (1945)
Morris West – The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963)
There are so many more authors I could have included in here. I have created some other Catholic/Fiction Lists with lots more books. I could have transferred some of them over here, but realized that it would be a lot of work to do so, so here are the links incase you want to quinch your thirst for more catholic writers to maybe read.
StoryBlazers Book Shelf: Christian Fiction
StoryBlazers Book Shelf: Christian Writers of Speculative Fiction
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