Christy Barritt
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How did you go about choosing the various personalities, quirks and habits of your characters? Are they based on actual people you know?
Excellent question and one I'll enjoy answering. In this book, the two main characters both have some aspects of my husband's and my personality or outlook on life. Susanne is much more of my hubby Allen, than me. He struggled with Christianity for years, even though he got saved prior to our engagement. His main issue was the need to be in control of his life and not bow to an outside authority, even God. He also dealt with some drinking issues, as did Susanne, and some of her arguments at one time or the other, came from his lips.
Josh and Megan, the two children of David and Susanne are very similar in personality and interests as our son Steven and daughter Marnee. Steven loved to dismantle things as a child and Marnee was horse crazy (still is as an adult).
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About Christy Barritt
www.ChristyBarritt.com
Christy Barritt has penned articles for Campus Life, Marriage Partnership, Blueridge Country, The Plain Truth, Guideposts for Teens, Brio, and The Lookout.
On October 31, her newest book, a chick-lit mystery, will be released. It's about a crime-scene cleaner who also solves crimes. Look for Hazardous Duty to hit bookshelves soon.
She also co-authored a non-fiction book, Changed: True Stories of Finding
God in Christian Music. The book is currently available in
Christian bookstores across the country.
Born and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia (suburbia, America), she journeyed off to college in Cincinnati where she majored in communications and psychology. She worked at a Christian publishing house for two and a half years after college. During this time she also had a short jaunt in the independent Christian music field.
When family obligations called her home, she saw it as the push she needed to start writing again. The journey has been scary, she says, but it's definitely where she should be.
Christy's married to Scott, a high school teacher and funny man extraordinaire. In June 2006, they added a little boy named Eli to their happy mix. They also have two dogs and a house plant named Martha. When Christy's not writing, she's also on staff part-time at Celebration Christian Church, where she leads worship each week.
Find her on the web at:
www.myspace.com/christybarritt
About Christy's Books
Hazardous Duty
Buying a gun to kill your wife: $3,000
Hiring Trauma Care to clean afterward: $1,500
Having that same cleaner uncover evidence that frames you: priceless
On her way to completing a degree in forensic science, Gabby St. Claire drops out of school and starts her own crime scene cleaning business. “Yeah, that’s me,” she says, “a crime scene cleaner. People waiting in line behind me who strike up conversations always regret it.”
When a routine cleaning job leads her to find a murder weapon the police overlooked, she realizes that the wrong person is in jail. But the owner of the weapon is a powerful foe . . . and willing to do anything to keep Gabby quiet.
With the help of her new neighbor, Riley Thomas, a man whose life and faith fascinate her, Gabby plays the detective to make sure the right person is put behind bars. Can Riley help her before another murder occurs?
Read more about Hazardous Duty
Changed: True Stories of Finding God Through Christian Music
Powerful music.
Powerful transformation.
How many times has it happened to you? You need a distraction from the here and now, so you hit a button on the radio or your MP3 player. Then a song strikes you—the beat, the lyrics, the voice of the singer. Something just changes your mood, your outlook, your actions—you. Millions of people listen to Christian music, and many have experienced incredible transformations through its influence.
Changed is a collection of true stories from real people—people like you—who have experienced God’s power in their lives through listening to Christian music.
Changed includes stories from people who have been transformed through the influence of the music of artists including:
-Amy Grant
-Andrae Crouch
-Audio Adrenaline
-Caedmon’s Call
-Rich Mullins
-Mercy Me
-Bill and Gloria Gaither
Changed turns the spotlight on a new dimension of the power of Christian music.