Best-selling author Beverly Lewis (Beverly Marie Jones Lewis) was born on April 17, 1949, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the center of Pennsylvania Dutch country. She graduated from Evangel University with a degree in Music Education.
She has written over eighty books. Many of her works are set in Lancaster County. Lewis grew up as an Assembly of God minister's daughter. Although Lewis was not Amish, she had a close family connection to Old Order Mennonites, including her maternal grandmother who left the Mennonite community when she married. Lewis' titles include several series for children and young adults, among which are the Cul-De-Sac Kids, the Girls Only (GO!), and the Holly's Heart series. Her adult fiction includes the best-selling trilogy, The Heritage of Lancaster County and the Abram's Daughters series.
She has received numerous awards including two Silver Angel Award for her novels 'The Postcard' and 'Annika's Secret Wish' and a Golden Book Award for 'The Stunning,' the first volume of her Heritage of Lancaster series. Her newest series, The Rose Trilogy, was started in 2010 and has yet to be completed.
(Bowker Author Biography)
