Conversations With Asenath began as a historical fiction about the life of Joseph, a boy who went from the pit and rose to the palace courts.  It sounded like an enduring story of justice and of divine providence, until I was challenged to look deeper into the ‘boy does good’ theory.  I admit, I almost had regrets about choosing the topic.  All of a sudden, I was faced with another side to Joseph’s story where the Israelites went from sojourners to dwellers and surrendered their freedom for security; moreover, the mere thought of Joseph’s participation in the establishment of Egyptian slavery to Pharaoh boggled my mind.  My neat world all of a sudden crumbled as I read the story in light of empire, assimilation, and slavery, while keeping in mind the overarching promise of God’s covenant. 

I've been in school most of my life getting an undergraduate degree at Tyndale University then a graduate degree at Wycliffe College/University of Toronto. I'm also a Long Ridge Writer. It is my hope to get another degree and continue to write, and one day, perhaps I'll teach.

About awards, they don't drive me, nor measure my work, but I am grateful for them when they come.

Feb. 2009 To all my dear friends, if you’ve been looking for me at the library, I haven’t been there. You’ll be happy to hear I’ve been writing though and finished another book. Hooray! This book is not a research book (and that is the reason I haven’t been in the library) this book just appeared. How can I explain the muse? The words came page after page until the final word and as if running out of ink—stopped. I knew this was the end. This book was written between November-December 2008. The alone time has served well, I’ve enjoyed every minute of writing, meeting characters and getting to know them, listening to them, some of them are real talkers, some of them are nasty and mean, I don’t want to even hear them, but I have to listen so I can write it down. To write the book, I used a double AA battery operated Neo (takes 3 batteries and lasts about 3 weeks), a real nifty little straightforward word processor, push the on button and write. Then I transferred the files to the computer at the end of the day. I wrote approximately a chapter a day (2000-3000 words) some chapters took two days and the last chapter took a couple of weeks because the ending had to be just right. The book is undergoing an edit and hopefully will be available before summer 2009. I can’t wait to write the next book but before I begin, I’d like to get together and shoot the breeze, you know connect with REAL people. Cheers, Sisi Theo

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To arrange speaking engagements contact Sisi Theo at sisi@sisitheo.com. For media engagements contact Scott Lorenz of Westwind Communications at scottlorenz@westwindcos.com or by telephone at 734 667-2090.