J. M. HochstetlerJ. M. Hochstetler is the daughter of Mennonite farmers and a lifelong student of history. An award-winning author of Christian historical fiction, she spent many years as an editor with the United Methodist Publishing House before founding her own small press, Sheaf House Publishers. Her books have been endorsed by bestselling authors such as Laura Frantz, Lori Benton, Jocelyn Green, and Michelle Moran. She is a proud member of Daughters of the American Revolution and Historian of her local chapter.
Hochstetler's American Patriot Series is the only comprehensive historical fiction series on the American Revolution. Book 1, Daughter of Liberty, finaled in the 2024 American Legacy Book Awards. Northkill, Book 1 of the Northkill Amish Series coauthored with well-known author and editor Bob Hostetler, won Foreword Magazine’s 2014 Indie Book of the Year Bronze Award for historical fiction. Book 2, The Return, was named a 2018 Shelf Unlimited Notable Book and received the 2017 Interviews and Reviews Silver Award for historical fiction. One Holy Night, a contemporary retelling of the Christmas story, was the Christian Small Publishers 2009 Book of the Year and a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Carol Award. |
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The header image shows a farm near Shipshewana, Indiana, the center of Indiana Amish country and not far from the author's home in Elkhart.