As a former pharmacist, I’ve found the history of pharmacy in World War II fascinating. So fascinating that I’ve written two novels featuring pharmacists. In On Distant Shores, pharmacist John Hutchinson serves in a pharmacy in an Army evacuation hospital in Italy, and in Anchor in the Storm, Lillian Avery works as a pharmacist in a drugstore in Boston during World War II. Much about my profession has chan... Read Article

  As a former pharmacist, I’ve found the history of pharmacy in World War II fascinating. So fascinating that I’ve written two novels featuring pharmacists. In On Distant Shores, pharmacist John Hutchinson serves in a pharmacy in an Army evacuation hospital in Italy, and in Anchor in the Storm, Lillian Avery works as a pharmacist in a drugstore in Boston during World War II. Much about my profession has chan... Read Article

As a former pharmacist, I’ve found the history of pharmacy in World War II fascinating. So fascinating that I’ve written two novels featuring pharmacists. In On Distant Shores, pharmacist John Hutchinson serves in a pharmacy in an Army evacuation hospital in Italy, and in Anchor in the Storm, Lillian Avery works as a pharmacist in a drugstore in Boston during World War II. Much about my profession has changed ove... Read Article

Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #3 Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on March 19, 2026, at noon Mountain with Stop #1 at LisaBergren.com. Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not E... Read Article

Today I’m pleased to reveal the cover for my Christmas novella, Twelve Days and Twelfth Night, which is scheduled to release from Revell Books on September 1, 2026. Twelve Days and Twelfth Night is now available for preorder as a paperback at Baker Book House (40% off and free shipping!), Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and ChristianBook.com. Preorders for the ebook and the audiobook will be available at a later da... Read Article

Thank you to all 457 of you who entered the Mists over the Channel Islands Release Day Giveaway! The winner is… Jan Stetson! Jan, you have been notified by email.... Read Article

**GIVEAWAY IS OVER** Mists over the Channel Islands is here! To celebrate the release, I’m giving away a prize pack of items related to the story! A “Jersey Fresh” tea towel Souvenir Jersey journal Puffin reusable shopping tote The giveaway is open February 3-8, 2026. US mailing addresses only, please. The winner will be announced here on my blog on February 10, 2026, and will be notified by email. Come join me... Read Article

*OFFER IS NOW OVER* Mists over the Channel Islands is coming February 3, 2026! My publisher, Revell Books, and I have put together a fun package of goodies for anyone who preorders a copy (or has already done so) and enters by February 2, 2026! You can preorder at your local bookstore or online (find links here). Any version counts, including e-books and audiobooks (Audiobook link hub here)! Baker Book House has an a... Read Article

Although World War II did not take a holiday, Americans at home and abroad did their best to celebrate Christmas. Wartime separations and deprivations made festivities poignant and bittersweet. This post looks at Christmas on the US Home Front. See also: Christmas for American servicemen and women. Families on the US Home Front dealt with painful separations as sons and daughters, husbands and fathers were away from ... Read Article

Eighty years ago, on August 14, 1945, World War II came to an end when Emperor Hirohito of Japan signed his acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration demanding unconditional surrender to the Allies. The surrender was announced in the United States at 7 pm Eastern War Savings Time. The following day, August 15, was officially proclaimed V-J Day (Victory in Japan) in the US, a day of celebration and thanksgiving. Almost si... Read Article