Shadow Walkers follows a married couple who are pulled into a spiritual war in which gifted women and their paladin partners answer to an old sacred order. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

There is an unseen world, not just something whispered about in sermons, but something real, organized, and ancient. This unseen world does have rules, hierarchy, and even strategy. So, to counterbalance this I came up with the concept of gifted women and their paladins. Theirs was a blend of faith, responsibility, and partnership.

And then I asked the more personal question: what would that kind of calling do to a marriage? Because at its core, Shadow Walkers isn’t just about demons. It’s about two people who love each other deeply, trying to navigate a life that keeps asking more of them than feels fair. That tension—that “we didn’t sign up for this, but we’re here anyway”—was really the spark.

Lisa is portrayed as capable but also uncertain and burdened. What drew you to writing a leader who wrestles with doubt? 

Because everyone has flaws and strengths. Lisa’s strength isn’t that she’s fearless—it’s that she feels the weight of every decision and keeps going anyway. She knows people can get hurt based on what she chooses. She knows she doesn’t have all the answers. And yet… she still steps forward. It mirrors faith in a way. You don’t always feel certain, but you move forward because you believe you’re being called to.

The story shifts between intense action and moments of humor and tenderness. How do you approach balancing those tones? 

I’ve been in combat, in Vietnam. Conflicts don’t happen in one tone. Even in the middle of something terrifying, someone cracks a joke. Someone reaches for a hand. Someone says something completely ridiculous just to break the tension.

Jason, especially, became my anchor for that balance, and then the quieter moments—the tenderness, the marriage, the little bits of normal life—they’re not breaks from the story. They are the reason the story matters. If you don’t care about the relationship, the stakes don’t land.

Who do you most hope connects with this book—fans of fantasy, readers of Christian fiction, or both?

I wrote Shadow Walkers for readers who want action, mystery, supernatural tension, and a little pinch of romance. But they also want meaning underneath it. Readers who enjoy a good battle scene and a conversation about purpose. Readers who laugh at a well-timed joke and then sit quietly with something deeper a page later. And maybe, most of all, I wrote it for people who just want a story about love that holds steady, even when everything else gets a little apocalyptic.

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