Writing about the Amish without romance

“I tried to remember that these are human beings, not caricatures.”

Elizabeth Palmer interviews David Williams

This article appears in the August 2, 2017 issue.

photo of novelist and pastor David Williams

David Williams. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.

Read the main article, Valerie Weaver-Zercher's review of Williams's book.

David Williams is the author of When the English Fall, a novel that portrays the relationships between an Amish community and their neighbors after a solar storm destroys technology. Williams is pastor of Poolesville Presbyterian Church in Maryland. His blog Beloved Spear is part of the CCblogs network.

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