Books of Candace E. Salima
The Journey
Candace E. Salima's journey in writing began at age 11 when she started writing original stories because she was bored in school. Her writing skills improved through English and Creative Writing classes, but when she enrolled at Ricks College in Rexburgh, ID she made the decision to study Criminal Justice.
She took a Creative Writing class from Professor Dorla Jenkins and within weeks changed her major from Criminal Justice to Creative Writing. She focused her energies on honing her screenwriting skills with intention of writing and producing movies. She learned the ins and outs of the movie business while writing multiple screenplays.
She met with investors from all over the world and ultimately chose one set that she was comfortable with. While waiting for the money to come through, Candace decided to write a book and see what happened . . . five books later she is now a best-selling author, partner in a production company and well sought-after speaker.
The Books
Unlike many authors who choose a genre and stick with it, Candace E. Salima's writing is as varied as her reading. She chose to write Romantic Suspense in the LDS Market because she felt it would be difficult, if not impossible, to adhere to values she has long lived by if she published that genre in the national market.
Shortly after the release of Out of the Shadows . . . Into the Light, the first in a three book series, Candace was approached by her publisher to write a retrospective on the 1984 National Football Team of the Brigham Young University Cougars. With a concentrated effort, she switched her writing "mindset" from romantic suspense to sports and released the wildly popular 13 and 0: Reflections of Champions.
She quickly dove back into the sequel to Shadows she'd been working on when she was approached once more to collaborate on the nonfiction religious Forged in the Refiner's Fire.
For your reading pleasure . . .
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