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It's odd to find my darker self fictionalized. But in another life (as it were) Katie and I traveled together when she was doing publicity work for my right wing evangelical crusades. Like all good writers Katie has plucked her story from her life. This book has a piercing insight at its heart as humane as it is damning of religion gone off the rails.

Frank Schaeffer, author of "Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God"

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Katie Andraski is a brave writer and The River Caught Sunlight is an ambitious and intelligent novel. Katie knows the real story is the one below the surface where nothing is as it seems. And she's not afraid to go there.

John Dufresne, author of "No Regrets Coyote"

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It’s the lyric impulse that gives the novel its substance, but it’s packed also with new and startling maneuvers of human beings--no, family--against one another. A true new voice.

Larry Woiwode, author of "A Step from Death"

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Unlike many current novelists, Andraski is not afraid to explore the spiritual side of existence. An unabashed Christian, though not a punitive fundamentalist, she offers millions of devout but tolerant Americans a story they can relate to.

Jack Butler, author of "Practicing Zen Without a License" and "Broken Hallelujah"

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Katie Andraski is a poetic writer with a lyrically rich voice. The reader feels all the emotion of her story. Like all writers, she draws from the deep well of her personal experience. I love her heroine Janice! She is drawn so well, I wonder if Janice contains many parts and struggles of the author herself.

Melinda Inman, author of "Refuge"