Melanie Stevenson

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Melanie is an award-winning author and speaker and lives in Ontario, Canada, surrounded by her husband, four children, and two grandchildren. She attended the University of Waterloo and obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts. Melanie’s first novel, One More Tomorrow, won Best Romantic Fiction at the 2020 Word Awards. She also received Best New Canadian Author at the Word Awards the same year. Her novella, “Where My Heart Belongs” is a 2025 Selah finalist. In 2019, she published Soul Focus – Trials, a collection of devotionals. She maintains a blog and is also the Faith Editor at BE Magazine, an online magazine for the modern woman of faith, and a regular contributor to Christian Life in London Magazine. Melanie weaves in beauty with unusual depth and humor while encouraging the reader that although we are collectively flawed, hope and goodness can be found. Her mission is to create stories of excellence that impact hearts and lives. Paper, canvas, and dirt are her favorite blank pages.

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One More Tomorrow

It's been over a year. That should be enough time to forget a first love. But aspiring artist Katie Banks is still waiting. Not even Justin Burke, her university classmate, has been able to erase the hurt Aiden Ford inflicted, or weaken Katie's resolve to never date a man who doesn't share her faith. When Katie accepts a scholarship to study in Paris, it places much-needed distance between her and Justin. But love still eludes her, until a stormy night and a tragic accident change everything. Can she forgive past hurts, or will the walls she's built to protect herself keep love a distant dream?

  • I'll Be Home

    With chaos and confusion all around them, can they find their way home this Christmas? I’ll Be Home is a collection of four stories of faith, hope, love, (and trains) that will warm your heart, encourage your soul, and draw you home this Christmas.

  • Soul Focus

    Trials: Daily Encouragements for Overcoming Life's Struggles

    Joy and peace can be found during the darkest nights of the soul. Soul Focus offers daily, life-giving encouragement to help remind you that you’re not alone as you face your trials.