The Cage-maker
“One of the most original and fascinating stories I’ve read in ages."- Julie Cantrell
The Cage-maker
“One of the most original and fascinating stories I’ve read in ages."- Julie Cantrell
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NEW YA RELEASE! THE FIRSTBORN: HOUSE OF HEAVENTREE BOOK 1
"I devoured this book...incredible suspense that drew me to the end in one reading. One. The Firstborn reads like both breaking news and a timely warning. I can't wait for the next volume in this series." -- Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, author of Finding Deep and Wide, Heart Wide Open and Devotions for the Hungry Heart.
OVERVIEW
They must leave home now. They were told it's time--that they're finally ready.
After the Great Storms, communications were down for a year and a half, and society was crippled. So when the G.O.D. (Global Operational Datalink) switch was finally turned on, the world was starved for electronic devices and ripe for what would happen next. It was the beginning of the end. Anyone who didn't receive the mark of the Global Union was an outsider, shunned--which made Flare and Cornelius Flanagan about as unpopular as two teens could be.
Fourteen-year old Cornelius and 15-year-old Flare must suddenly leave home for a secret boarding school. Will it prepare and protect them as their parents hope it will, or could the school be a trap instead--prepared by the enemy?
The Firstborn is Book 1 in the House of Heaventree series and award-winning novelist Nicole Seitz' first YA endeavor. Informed by Scripture and fascinated by prophecy, Seitz explores the perseverance and endurance that young people of faith will be called to...someday soon.
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About Nicole
"Seitz...[gives] the reader a deep, spiritual experience blended with excellent storytelling." - Deep South Magazine
"Nicole Seitz plunges into worlds and situations that are not always the most comfortable for us or for her...it makes for important reading. - Huffington Post
"[Seitz] gives her work an imaginative spin...seldom seen in contemporary Christian fiction this side of C.S. Lewis." - Wilmington Star News
Nicole Seitz grew up on Hilton Head Island, a small town off the coast of South Carolina, where she was surrounded by palmetto trees, marsh grass, sandy beaches and unique Southern characters. As an author, artist and speaker, Nicole's work is deeply influenced by her faith and the mystique and charm of the South. In 1989 she went to the U.S.S.R as a student ambassador through People to People Organization, and the trip opened her eyes to the struggles, beauty, and universal qualities of other cultures--things she likes to explore in her work.
The Spirit of Sweetgrass, Nicole's debut novel, was selected as the March 2007 FaithPoint Book-of-the-Month for Books-a-Million. Her second novel, Trouble the Water (Mar 2008), received a starred review and was chosen as one of the Best Books of 2008 by Library Journal. It was also seen in Southern Living, Sandlapper Magazine, and was an editor's pick in the May 2008 issue of Charleston Magazine. The book went into a second printing within two weeks of it's release date. A Hundred Years of Happiness (Mar 2009), was featured in the January 2009 edition of Charleston Magazine and the July/Aug edition of The VVA Veteran, was a Summer Reading Pick on CBN.com, and was nominated by independent booksellers for the 2009 SIBA Book Award. Saving Cicadas (Dec 2009), was an Indie Next List Notable pick for January 2010, was featured in the November 2009 issues of Charleston Magazine and CBA Retailers+Resources, and was selected as a "favorite pick for readers on your Christmas list" in the December 2009 issue of Southern Living. The Inheritance of Beauty (Feb 2011) was a SheReads March 2011 Book Club Selection, a Pulpwood Queens April 2011 Bonus Selection, and the May 2011 FaithPoint Book-of-the-Month for Books-a-Million. Beyond Molasses Creek (Feb 2012) was a Romantic Times Top Pick for March 2012 and a Pulpwood Queens 2012 Book Club Selection. In November 2012, Nicole's essay "Kahlua Unleashed" was published in the Hub City project, Literary Dogs & Their South Carolina Writers. In May 2014, she was a cast member of Listen to Your Mother: Charleston, a live production at the Footlight Players Theater in which she shared her original monologue, "The Longing". In 2015 Nicole edited and published When You Pass Through Waters: Words of Hope and Healing from Your Favorite Authors in response to the 1000-year flood that devastated much of the Carolinas. Her most recent novel, The Cage-maker, released in September 2017. It made the long list for the SIBA Southern Book Prize, was named one of the "Great Southern reads for fall" in The Augusta Chronicle, was named to the 2017 Winter/Fall book list by Deep South Magazine, and was a Pulpwood Queens January 2018 Book Selection.
Nicole received a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.F.A. in Illustration from Savannah College of Art & Design. Her freelance articles have been in The Island Packet, The Bluffton Packet, and SouthCarolina Magazine. Nicole is also a published illustrator, and her artwork has been exhibited in Southern art galleries. Her novels feature her paintings/illustrations on the covers.
Nicole Seitz ran her first full marathon in December 2012. She was named "Best Local Author Who Also Paints" in Charleston City Paper's Best of Charleston 2009, and in 2007, she was named one of Charleston Regional Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" for her professional successes and community involvement. Nicole enjoys meeting her readers and book clubs and often speaks to groups on writing, art and faith. In 2009, she spoke as part of the Southern Literary Festival during Piccolo Spoleto. In 2008, she gave the Baccalaureate address for the College of Charleston. An artist at heart, Nicole enjoys painting pictures with words and bringing her characters to life through detail and dialect. She lives in the Charleston, South Carolina, area with her husband, Brian, and their two children, and is currently writing her next novel.
Other Novels
The Spirit of Sweetgrass
The Inheritance of Beauty
The Spirit of Sweetgrass
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (March 4, 2007)
ISBN-10: 1591455065
ISBN-13: 978-1591455066
Beyond Molasses Creek
The Inheritance of Beauty
The Spirit of Sweetgrass
Paperback: 311 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (January 30, 2012)
ISBN-10: 1595545050
ISBN-13: 978-1595545053
The Inheritance of Beauty
The Inheritance of Beauty
The Inheritance of Beauty
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (February 7, 2011)
ISBN-10: 1595545042
ISBN-13: 978-1595545046
Saving Cicadas
A Hundred Years of Happiness
The Inheritance of Beauty
Paperback: 314 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (November 30, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1595545034
ISBN-13: 978-1595545039
A Hundred Years of Happiness
A Hundred Years of Happiness
A Hundred Years of Happiness
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (March 2, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1595545026
ISBN-13: 978-1595545022
Trouble the Water
A Hundred Years of Happiness
A Hundred Years of Happiness
Paperback: 289 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (March 11, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1595544003
ISBN-13: 978-1595544001
Editing, Art, Design & Illustration
Pat Conroy Anthology
Pat Conroy Anthology
Pat Conroy Anthology
Our Prince of Scribes:
Writers Remember Pat Conroy
Co-edited by Nicole Seitz and Jonathan Haupt
University of Georgia Press (Sept. 15, 2018)
Proceeds benefit the Pat Conroy Literary Center
Portraits
Pat Conroy Anthology
Pat Conroy Anthology
In the 70 days leading up to the publication of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy, Nicole sketched Pat and each of the 67 contributors, one per day, and shared on social media. Purchase prints of her original artwork at Society 6.
Flood Anthology
Art and Illustration
Art and Illustration
When You Pass Through Waters: Words of Hope and Healing from Your Favorite Authors
Edited by Nicole Seitz
Water Books (October 30, 2015)
Proceeds went to disaster relief
Art and Illustration
Art and Illustration
Art and Illustration
Nicole is also an artist and illustrator. To view her portfolio, visit https://nicoleseitzportfolio.wordpress.com/