Janette Oke (née Steeves; born February 18, 1935) (pronounced "oak") is a Canadian author of inspirational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer era and centered on female protagonists. Her first novel, Love Comes Softly, was published by Bethany House in 1979. , more than 75 others have followed. The first novel of her Canadian West series, When Calls the Heart (1983), became the basis of the current television series of the same name.

Biography

Janette Steeves was born in Champion, Alberta, to Canadian prairie farmers Fred and Amy (née Ruggles ) Steeves, during the Great Depression years. Oke graduated from Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta, where she met her future husband, Edward Oke, who later became the president of that college. The Okes have four children, 3 sons and 1 daughter. Oke's daughter has written several books alongside her mother. Oke is a committed Evangelical Christian. She has written many books about her faith.

Awards

Oke received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, as well as the 1999 CBA Life Impact Award, and the Gold Medallion Award for fiction.

List of books by Janette Oke

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Love Comes Softly series

This series is published by Bethany House. This series has also been published into two boxsets, Volume 1–4 and Volume 5–8. New revisions with updated covers were published in 2003 and 2004, including the boxsets. The Fox Faith film versions of the "Love Comes Softly" series, which aired on the Hallmark Channel, do not completely follow the books. They starred Katherine Heigl, Dale Midkiff, Corbin Bernsen, Erin Cottrell, and others. Directors of the films included Michael Landon Jr. and Lou Diamond Phillips. There are also three prequels titled Love Begins (2011), Love's Everlasting Courage (2011) and Love's Christmas Journey (2012).

A Prairie Legacy series

This series is published by Bethany House. This is a follow-up to the Love Comes Softly series. A republished edition is now available.

Seasons of the Heart series

This series is published by Bethany House. This series was republished in 2002 with updated covers. It is about a young boy, Josh Jones, who is trying to find himself with his atypical family.

Canadian West series

This series is published by Bethany House. The last two books came much later and focus on the children in the series rather than the main characters of the first four books. In 2015 all six books were released as a single ebook.

Return to the Canadian West series

This series is published by Bethany House. The series is co-written by Janette Oke and her daughter, Laurel Oke Logan.

When Hope Calls series

Co-written with Laurel Oke Logan

Song of Acadia series

Co-written with T. Davis Bunn and published by Bethany House. This series is continued on by T. Davis Bunn and Isabella Bunn in the follow-up series, Heirs of Acadia.

Acts of Faith series

Co-written with T. Davis Bunn and published by Bethany House.

Standalone books

Women of the West books

These books are standalone novels about different women of the West, where the author's intention is that they do not need to be read in order.

Youth books

Janette Oke's Animal Friends series

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Other Items by Janette Oke