Imagination Makes the World Go ’Round

Karen Swallow Prior on the Stories that Shape Our Lives—Whether We Know It or Not

I first met Karen Swallow Prior a decade ago while working at Thomas Nelson as vice president of editorial and acquisitions. I signed her book Fierce Convictions—a biography of British social reformer, educator, and abolitionist Hannah More—back in 2013. I’ve followed and benefitted from Prior’s work ever since.

She’s written and edited several other books, including (most…