(born 18 February 1935) is a Canadian author and pioneer of inspirational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer time period and centered around female protagonists. She is a committed Evangelical Christian.
Janette Steeves was born in the Depression years in Champion, Alberta, to a Canadian prairie farmer and his wife, Fred and Amy Steeves.
She graduated from Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta. Janette met her husband Edward Oke (pronounced "oak") while they both attended college. They were married in 1957 and have pastored churches in Indiana, and Calgary and Edmonton, Canada. He later became the president of the college. Janette and Edward had 4 children, including a set of twins. Her daughter, Laurel Oke Logan, has co-written books with Janette.
Her first novel, titled Love Comes Softly, was published by Bethany House in 1979. This book was followed by more than 75 others.
She received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, the 1999 CBA Life Impact Award and has been awarded the Gold Medallion Award for fiction.
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Fiction, Large type books, Fiction, religious, Christian fiction, Fiction, christian, romance, general, Love stories, Christian life, Women pioneers, Canada, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, christian, historical, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, christian, romance, Frontier and pioneer life, fiction, Livres en gros caractères, Fiction, christian, general, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Historical fiction, Davis family (Fictitious characters : Oke), Fiction, christian, western, Fiction, romance, general, Women pioneers in fiction, Animals, Christian, Fiction, family life, generalPlaces
Canada, Western Canada, Acadia, England, United States, Alberta, Baltimore (Md.), Boston (Mass.), Canadian Northwest, Edmonton (Alta.), Great Britain, Lethbridge, North Carolina, Venice (Italy), West (U.S.)Time
Revolution, 1775-1783, To 1763 (New France), 1763-1791, 1920's, 1929, George III, 1760-1820, description addedID Numbers
- OLID: OL18714A
- VIAF: 8212381
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- JANETTE OKE
- Oke
- Jannette Oke
- Janet Oke
- Oke, Janette, Bunn, T. Davis
- Oke, Janette, Bunn, Davis
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