A graduate of Taylor University with a Bachelor of Arts in
Christian Education, Dawn Crandall started writing her first
inspirational historical romance, The Hesitant Heiress, in
2010. The novel went on to become the 2015 American Christian
Fiction Writers (ACFW) Carol Award Finalist for Debut Novel and
received the 2015 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence in the
Inspirational Category.
Dawn authored three more books in her Everstone Chronicles series:
The Bound Heart (2014); The Captive Imposter (2015);
and The Cautious Maiden (2016). The Bound Heart
received the 2015 Clash of the Titles Laurel Award.
Prior to becoming an author, Dawn worked with AmeriCorps, was a
bookseller at Barnes & Noble, worked at a large pediatric
dentist office, taught at a preschool, and answered phones at a
downtown construction company in Indianapolis. She serves as
secretary of ACFW’s Indiana Chapter.
She and her husband, Jonathan, live with their two sons on a hobby
farm in northeast Indiana.