THE NORTH FLORIDA AUTHOR
After retiring from the ministry, I pursued my desire to write. I grew up in North Florida and my life was shaped by the culture of small towns and rural areas and my books reflect the uniqueness of this special part of Florida.
I draw from my forty plus years of ministry to create the Mark Thomas series of novels: Ran Like Joseph, Just Have Faith, Prodigal Sons, and Ripples. The books follow the career of my fictional pastor, Mark Thomas over a seventeen-year period of ministry in three different North Florida towns. The books are a realistic presentation of the life of a pastor and the people and situations that pastors often are confronted with and must respond to. These novels have suspense, intrigue, mystery, and love without any vulgarity or profanity.
"These stories (The Mark Thomas novels) are so real you think you can recall the events and know the folks who people the books." -Delores Leggett Walker, author of "The Promise Trilogy"
"Jimmy Deas is the exception that preachers can't write novels." -David Butler, author of "Signal Six" and "Echo on the Suwannee"
The stories books--A Teacher's Gift, Just a Dog, and Mama Said--are compilations of stories about people, events, places, or life as I see it. These stories of life, love, and laughter will make you laugh, possibly cry, take you down memory lane, and hopefully give readers a new appreciation for this wonderful journey of life.
