Kit Tosello

Kit Tosello is an award-winning writer of contemporary fiction that feels like coming home. About her debut novel, The Color of Home (September 2024, Revell), bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn said, “Kit has a winsome way of using words to paint heart-touching images." Kit's inspirational essays and devotionals appear in a number of anthologies, including Publishers Weekly and Wall Street Journal bestseller So God Made a Mother. When not writing, Kit can be found in the loose-tea shop she operates with her husband, exploring the great PNW, or enjoying the "great indoors"—bookstores and libraries. Most likely with a matcha latte in hand. Learn more at KitTosello.com.

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