Jocelyn Green

Jocelyn Green is an award-winning author and freelance writer. A former military wife, she authored, along with contributing writers, Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives and Faith Deployed . . . Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives. Jocelyn also co-authored Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan, which won the Gold Medal from the Military Writers Society of America in 2010, and Stories of Faith and Courage from the Home Front, which also earned a Gold Medal form the Military Writers Society of America and which inspired her first novel: Wedded to War (a Christy Award finalist in the First Novel and the Historical Fiction category, and a Gold Medal winner from the Military Writers Society of America, all in 2013).

Jocelyn graduated from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, with a BA in English, concentration in writing. She is an active member of the Evangelical Press Association, Christian Authors Network, the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, American Christian Fiction Writers, and the Military Writers Society of America.

She loves Mexican food, Broadway musicals, Toblerone chocolate bars, the color red, and reading on her patio. Jocelyn lives with her husband, Rob, and two children in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Awards:
Battlefields & Blessings: Stories of Faith and Courage from World War 2 (contributing editor): Silver Medal (spiritual/religious category), Military Writers Society of America, 2009
Battlefields & Blessings: Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq/Afghanistan: Gold Medal (spiritual/religious category), Military Writers Society of America, 2010
Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives: Bronze Medal (spiritual/religious category), Military Writers Society of America, 2010
Third place, Higher Goals contest (blog category), Evangelical Press Association, 2010
Faith Deployed . . . Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives: Selah Award (inspiration & gift category); and the Silver Medal (spiritual/religious category), Military Writers Society of America, 2012
Stories of Faith and Courage from the Home Front: Gold Medal (spiritual/religious category), Military Writers Society of America, 2013
Wedded to War: Gold Medal, Military Writers Society of America, 2013
The Mark of the King: Christy Award, Best Historical Novel, 2017
Drawn by the Current: Christy Award, Best Historical Novel, 2022

Most Recent Project: A River Between Us: A Civil War Novel (Credo House Publishers, 2023)

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