Mary Grace van der Kroef

Author of Christian fiction and poetry.

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Mary Grace van der Kroef is a Canadian poet and author of contemporary Christian fiction whose work is deeply influenced by her faith in Jesus Christ. Her passion for storytelling explores the beauty of everyday life and the depth of the human spirit.


Stories of faith, struggle, and hope for those who want to see God at work in real life.


Are you looking for Mary’s Speculative Fiction pen name? You can find it here!


The Blog


Our Forest

By Mary Grace van der Kroef Originally published in 2021 as “Our Forest on an Artist’s Conk,” It had been eating me. Using me. But that is the way of nature. It took a part of me with it when she pried it from my bark. I watched her place it carefully into her bag.…

My Books In Kindle Unlimited

Over the last six months I have been contemplating pivoting from publishing my ebooks wide. (Across all online retailers.) The truth is, I was getting little to no traction anywhere but amazon and with a new baby my energy for marketing is at an all time low. With the shifts a few of the platforms I…

Loving Facets

existing in a worldthat weathers wanderers like stonesstirred upon a stream’s bed every bouncea blow that promises changeevery jouncea mark of character enoughand a surface is worked smoothor cracks deep fissuresfilling with sediments solidifycreating veins of new coloursthat decorate and corrupt interesting weaknessescompress with time and pressurenew layers buildonly to be chipped away leaving edges…