Michele Howe is the author of 29 books for women, children, and families and has published more than 3,000 articles, reviews, and curriculum pieces for national and international publications. Her work has appeared in Christianity Today, Discipleship Journal, Midwest Living, ParentLife, Focus on the Family, Good Housekeeping, MORE, FIRST for Women, PRISM, and many more. Michele has also served as a longtime reviewer for Publishers Weekly, FaithfulReader.com, Christian Market, TeenReads.com, KidReads.com, Retail & Resources, and others. In addition to print, she has been featured on hundreds of radio and television programs, including multiple appearances on Focus on the Family.
Michele’s books offer practical encouragement to readers of all ages, helping them navigate life’s challenges with faith, resilience, and wisdom. She has also written devotionals and prayer resources such as Prayers to Nourish a Woman’s Heart and Prayers of Comfort and Strength, as well as children’s titles like Living Bravely: Super Incredible Faith Devotional for Kids 6–9 and Big Feelings, Bigger God.
Beyond her books, Michele writes a weekly women’s lifestyle and single parenting column at HopeAfterDivorce.org, and is featured in the Single & Parenting video resource series as a parenting expert. She also provides copywriting and manuscript reviews for several publishing houses, including New Growth Press.
Through her writing and speaking, Michele inspires individuals to embrace their God-given strengths and live with courage, compassion, and spiritual depth—no matter what season of life they’re in.
Michele began contributing to Patheos in September 2023. In a recent conversation, she told Patheos, “Since I’ve started writing for Patheos, my royalties doubled this year…I was very happy…so people are reading and then buying my books.”
When asked what she enjoyed about contributing to Patheos, Michele replied, “One of the best aspects of writing for Patheos is the flexibility I have as a writer. I’m able to compose articles based on what I’m learning in my life and/or choose to write on seasonal and Christian holy days. It’s been wonderful to have so many options and the Patheos team has such a great variety of topics they suggest as well if writers get stumped for an idea on any particular week. Also, I’m not a techy person so the support I receive is simply stellar from my editor, Alan Crandall. I only have to email him, and he gets back with me quickly with the answers I need. It’s been terrific writing for Patheos these past eighteen months.”
Michele has this advice to future Patheos contributors: “Take advantage of the multi-leveled resources that have been developed for writers by the Patheos staff. I haven’t even exhausted the numerous contributor articles and suggestions as yet. The actual posting of each article has been created to be user-friendly and again, countless online resources will aid writers in developing the best pieces possible for their readers. The staff is there to encourage and help their contributors and I’ve experienced nothing but solid, real-time help and a generosity of spirit by the staff members.”
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