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Murray Pura

(Murray Andrew Pura)
Canada

Murray Andrew Pura was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and has traveled extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Ordained as a Baptist minister in 1986, Pura has served five churches in Canada and headlined numerous speaking engagements in Canada and the United States. He has five books published, was a contributor to the Life With God Bible, has been a finalist for The Paraclete Fiction Award, The Dartmouth Book Award, and The John Spencer Hill Literary Award, and has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Kobzar Literary Award of Canada.

Genres: Inspirational

Series

Zoya Septet
   1. Zo (2008)
   2. The White Birds of Morning (2011)
   3. Beautiful Skin (2016)
   4. A Sun Drenched Elsewhere (2019)

Snapshots in History
   1. The Wings of Morning (2012)
   2. The Face of Heaven (2012)
   3. Whispers of a New Dawn (2013)

Rose of Lancaster County
1. The Rose Garden (2013)

Danforths of Lancashire
   1. Ashton Park (2013)
   2. Beneath the Dover Sky (2013)
   3. London Dawn (2014)

Seven Oaks
   1. The Plantation (2013)
   2. Stonewall (2013)
   3. The Storm (2013)
   4. Firebrand (2013)
   5. A Wedding In Virginia (2013)
   6. Raindrops (2013)
   7. A Seven Oaks Christmas (2013)

Painted Sky
   1. Rio Oro (2013)
   2. The Widow & The Preacher (2013)
   3. The Australian Way (2013)
   4. A Church Called Lazarus (2013)
   5. The Fight (2013)
   6. Betrayal (2013)
   7. The Shadow of The Almighty (2013)
   8. All The Colors of Heaven (2013)

Name of The Hawk
   1. Legion (2013)
   2. The Land Beyond The Stars (2013)
   3. Flame (2014)
   4. Daughters Of The Desert (2014)
   5. Jerusalem (2014)
   6. The Cross (2014)

Remington Colt's Revolutionary War
1. The Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson (2014)

Preacher Man
   1. The Devil To Pay (2014)
   2. The Devil & All His Works (2014)
   3. The Devil Rides (2014)

Name Of The Hawk Series II
1. The Holy Graal (2015)

Silver City
   1. This Is Where The Cowboy Rides Away (2015)
   2. Honey, This Ain't My First Rodeo (2015)
   3. Amarillo By Morning (2016)

Amish of Montana
1. Ride the Sky (2019)

Islands (with Patrick E Craig)
1. Far On The Ringing Plains (2020)

Ranchers of Idaho
2. Hong Kong Amish (2020)

Novels

   Mizzly Fitch (1988)
   A Bride's Flight from Virginia City, Montana (2012)
     aka The Bride from Virginia City
   The Painted Sky (2014)
   Seven Oaks (2014)
   All My Beautiful Tomorrows (2017)
   Grace Rider (2019)
   Hawk (2020)
   The Preacher Man (2020)
   A Bride's Flight (2021)

Omnibus

Destiny Brides (2013) (with Diana Lesire Brandmeyer)
Amish Christmas Memories (2015) (with Jerry S Eicher and Mary Ellis)

Collections

The Amish Menorah (2020) (with Willard Carpenter, Patrick E Craig, Jerry S Eicher, Thomas Nye and Amos Wyse)
The Men of Amish Fiction Present A Christmas Collection (2020) (with Willard Carpenter, Patrick E Craig, Jerry S Eicher, Thomas Nye and Amos Wyse)

Novellas

A Soft Morning (2015)
Abigail's Christmas Miracle (2019)

Series contributed to

Cry of Freedom
   2. The Last Waltz (2013)
   3. Bachelor Buttons (2013) (with Kathleen L Maher)
   10. To Paint A Sunrise (2013) (with LH Hjalmarson)
   11. Sweet Child of Mine (2013) (with Micaela Pura)
   Cry of Freedom Collected Shorts (2013) (with Joy Ross Davis and Sarah Price)

Blue Heaven
5. The Whispers of Angels (2014) (with Jen Cudmore)

My Heart Belongs
Clarissa's Conflict (2018)

Non fiction

   Vital Christianity (2002)
   The Five Gardens of God (2007)
   Rooted (2010)
   Streams (2010)
   Majestic and Wild (2013)
   The Rose of Lancaster County (2013)
   A Road Called Love (2014)

Murray Pura recommends

When Hearts Break (2020)
Jerry S Eicher
"When Hearts Break is a powerful and beautiful work from the hand of Jerry Eicher. With this book, he moves Amish fiction from delightful romances into the realm of realism and classic storytelling. Jerry gives us full-blooded characters in their struggles and complexities, the things they overcome by the grace of God and the things that bring them to their knees in humility and defeat. By doing this, he makes his entire novel shine. Five stars. Highly recommended."

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