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Our newest author, Jeffrey Meyer, is called to China

11/28/2016

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We're excited to introduce Jeffrey Meyer, author of the highly-anticipated historical fiction novel, A Call to China. Jeffrey Meyer joins the IngramElliott team after a career in higher education as a professor of Asian religions at the University of North Carolina. Jeffrey's upcoming novel is the story of the coming of age of two daughters; one without family in rural China, the other in urban America. Set against the background of revolutionary change in 20th-century China and America, the story follows the spiritual journeys of the two sisters through compelling characters, exotic locations, and a rich plot.

​We recently spoke to Jeffrey about his work and about A Call to China.

​IngramElliott (IE): Please tell us something about yourself and how you came to be a writer. What inspired you to write your book?
Jeffrey Meyer (JM): I've been fascinated with China for most of my life.  My research and teaching at UNC Charlotte was focused on Asian religions, especially Buddhism and Daoism, and I've lived in China and Taiwan for about three years. My daughter was adopted in China. So it was a love for China and Chinese culture that inspired me to write the novel.

​IE: Tell us a little about your book’s title and what it represents?
JM: "A Call to China" refers to the initial calling which took a missionary family to  China to bring the Gospel to the Chinese people. At the same time it refers to the personal call, felt by Livia, the main character in the novel, to return to China to find her lost sister.

IE: Do you have any advice for other writers?
JM: Join a good, hard-working writers' group.

IE: What do you do when you’re not writing? Any hobbies?
JM: Travel, sketching and landscape gardening.
​IE note - We're using some of Jeffrey's original sketches in the book!

​A Call to China is Jeffrey's first novel. It will be published by IngramElliott in 2017.

2 Comments
Sandy Carey
8/18/2017 02:28:32 pm

I just read the book A Call to China.
It was fabulous! I couldn't stop reading it!
We met the author's wife on an opera tour in Santa Fe and she told us about the book.
Sandy Carey
512 826 0963

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Catherine Mowry
9/6/2017 09:54:48 pm

Dear Sandy, so glad you liked my husband's book. Thanks for the nice review. Enjoyed meeting you on our opera trip in Santa Fe. I would love to go again.

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  • Welcome
  • Titles
    • A Call to China
    • Benny Moon: Racing the Medicine Wheel
    • Benny Moon Eats Dirt
    • Between the Ocean and the Stars
    • Clown William
    • Clown William and the Lincoln County War
    • Clown William and the Wind of Vengeance
    • The Cornbread Letters
    • Crooked Lines
    • Highlights of Palmistry
    • Indian Country
    • Island Whispers
    • Medicine Hat Moments
    • Ms. Mulligan and the Enchanted Ice Cream
    • Mystery Muffin & Soda Pop Slooth: The Legend of Mr. Creepy
    • Mystery Muffin & Soda Pop Slooth: The Ghost of Crippler's Creek
    • Path of the Half Moon
    • Courses of the Cursed
    • Merging Paths
    • Surrender
    • TimeLock
    • Whispers on the Wind
    • WWCC Heroes
  • Submissions
    • Guidelines
    • IngramElliott Imprint
    • IE Snaps! Imprint
  • News & Updates
  • Contact
  • Bookstore