About the Author
Margaretta Chalet is the author of several Christian novels for adults and children’s fiction. She placed third in a prestigious literary competition—albeit in a galaxy far, far away, in a small country some people couldn’t locate on a map without a hint. She also studied humanities at an equally prestigious, yet blissfully obscure, university.
Given these impressive credentials, she is—unsurprisingly—happily married, with three children of her own. Three is a fairy-tale number, but as we are not living in a fairy tale, there are children who are born under rather inconvenient circumstances—that’s why the number is about to change soon. The sentence that godliness means to care for orphans came alive for the family, and they found themselves deeply moved by it. As a result, they are now “expecting” another little one—not by nature’s design, but through the intricate process of foster care. The administrative pregnancy takes much longer than the natural one; they are currently in their eleventh month and waiting with curiosity to see when this new adventure will begin.
People in their forties often make life-changing decisions. Some buy motorcycles in a burst of midlife crisis. Margaretta Chalet is not in a crisis, and motorcycles seem far too dangerous for her taste, but in order to respect the custom, she and her husband decided—almost at fifty—to bring home a baby instead.
Her books include the Apocatastasis series:
- David’s Awakening (prequel)
- The Infernal Plan
- The Furious God
- The Prodigal Lucie
- The Last Letter of Nicolas Renard
Companion book to the series:
- The Reconciliation of Lucifer with Christ
Loose sequel to the series:
- Ever Unshaken
Other Christian novels:
- So Long, Rapture!
For younger readers:
- Is Atlanta for Real?
- The Fellowship of Time
- Pharaoh’s Seal
- Stone, Ray and the Lost Airship
- The Secret of the Old School Desk
- Into the Hall of Knights
- Into the Dragon Archipelago
Margaretta Chalet doesn’t hide the fact that English is not her mother tongue (and neither is French, by the way). The reason her stories sometimes take place on a small fictional island near France is quite simple—she was inspired by historical writings of the Moravian Church, which maintained contact with the Waldensians. Their massacre in Savoy in 1655 became the inspiration for her first novels for adults, and the following books naturally continued in the same vein.
If you can bear the authentic English of a foreigner, you can discover not only more about the author herself but also about the history of the Moravian Church and the Reformation in the heart of Europe. Nevertheless, there is no reason to worry—thanks to AI and several rounds of proofreading, the English in her books is far better than her spoken English.