About: Gerald Weaver
Recent Posts by Gerald Weaver
Goodreads Giveaway
Take advantage of the Goodreads Giveway for Gospel Prism. Win a signed deluxe hardcover advance copy, personally inscribed to you, of Gospel Prism, a page-turner that is also poignant, humorous, intelligent and utterly unique. It is a limited time offer, so please act quickly. Christian, the skeptical hero of Gospel Prism, receives a midnight visitation…
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Gerald Weaver on Marie Colvin’s impact on Gospel Prism
Marie Colvin carried the manuscript for Gospel Prism with her on her final assignment in Syria. Colvin was a lifelong friend of author Gerald Weaver and was the driving force behind him writing the book. In this short video, Gerald Weaver talks about his relationship and friendship with Marie Colvin and how she was closely involved in…
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Book to Boost Colvin Fund
Here is a link to an article which appeared in The Sunday Times of London on 22 February 2015, which relates the story of how Gospel Prism was inspired by Marie Colvin. “American-born Colvin, widely acknowledged as the leading war correspondent of her generation for her work across the Middle East and in Sri Lanka,…
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Literary Influences – Gospel Prism
The first chapter of Gospel Prism opens with the unusual friendship between a crusading evangelist and his droll assistant who has joined this quest for personal reasons. This is a conscious nod to Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote, which I think casts a long shadow over every writer who seeks to pen a novel….
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Why I Write
My desire to write springs from my love of reading and from the desire to share that profound affection. The New York Times once said of Virginia Woolf’s, The Common Reader, that it was not the volume of collected essays and reviews that it purported to be but that it tirelessly and creatively sought to…
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