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I write clean fiction with an edge.
Page-turning, Christian suspense that brings light and hope to dark places.
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Something I Am Not
2016 Winner of the Genesis Award for Contemporary
2020 Winner of the Christian Indie Award, Best YA
2020 Finalist for the ACFW Carol Award, Best YA
A powerful look at the inside world of human-trafficking right in our own backyard, and the redemptive story of a young man’s fight to get out.
Powerful! Gatto’s debut is thought-provoking, emotional, and absolutely soul-wrenching.
—S.W. (reader)
“When you get ready to read this book, be prepared to do nothing else for a while...it will not let you put it down!!! Highly recommend!”
—Karen Sitts (Reader/Launch Team)
REGENT
2020 Winner of the Fire Award for Best Speculative
An orphan teen’s desperate search for his father brings him to the outer edge of his own sanity.
Something Else
Coming This Fall …
The long-awaited sequel to SOMETHING I AM NOT, a jarring tale of a small town quarterback hopeful sold by his father to an affluent woman who imprisons him on her yacht and uses his eight-year-old brother as leverage for compliance. Now, Billy is physically free, reunited with his real family, and married to his best friend. But a note from his past sends him spiraling back into the world he fought so hard to escape, and Billy comes face-to-face with not only the evil that put him there but the ever-present darkness inside of him.
Releasing November 15th, 2024
We Are God’s Handiwork … His poem! I had the privilege of speaking at South Ridge Community Church with Pastor Nathan. We talked about the crucible of life and how, with every brush stroke of shadow, every moment of darkness and trial, we go deeper into God’s love and the contours of our life shine brighter. (Watch the video below and you’ll have the added blessing of my son, Sam’s, amazing worship!!!). Be encouraged!!!
