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Meet William Sirls : Once a senior vice president in a large investment firm, he was incarcerated in 2007 for wire fraud and money laundering. Life lessons involving faith, grace, and forgiveness are evident in his writing. The Sinners’ Garden is his second novel. William is celebrating the book's release with an iPad giveaway.   One winner will receive: A brand new iPad Mini The Sinners' Garden  by William Sirls Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on March 1st. Winner will be announced March 3rd on William Sirls' blog . Don't miss a moment of the fun; enter today and be sure to stop by William's blog  on the 3rd to see if you won. {MORE ABOUT  THE SINNERS’ GARDEN } In the small Lake Erie township of Benning, someone is at work cultivating a supernatural garden … Andy Kemp’s young life has been as ravaged as his scarred face. Disfigured by an abusive father, the teenager hides behind his book...

An interview with William Sirls, Author of The Sinners’ Garden “God must be in prison, because that’s where so many people seem to meet him.” Gerald “Rip” Ripley speaks from experience, having been there himself. Now he is not only trying to put the past behind him and move on with the future, he’s trying to help the others in his life do the same. In The Sinners’ Garden (Thomas Nelson/December 17, 2013/ISBN: 978-1401687380/$12.99) , William Sirls shares some of his own hard-learned wisdom, writing more of himself into the character of Rip than he would sometimes like to admit. Q: Can you tell us a little bit about your new book, The Sinners’ Garden and specifically what the garden represents to you? As is The Reason [my first book], The Sinners’ Garden is a story of forgiveness and second chances that takes place in a small town in southeast Michigan. Like the characters in the book, we are all given second chances, actually a lot more than that, and the “garden” tha...

God finds you, wherever you are William Sirls shares his own past in hopes of reaching others with God’s transforming message “God must be in prison, because that’s where so many people seem to meet him.” Gerald “Rip” Ripley speaks from experience, having been there himself. Now he is not only trying to put the past behind him and move on with the future, he’s trying to help the others in his life do the same. In The Sinners’ Garden (Thomas Nelson / December 17, 2013 / ISBN: 978-1401687380 / $12.99) , William Sirls shares some of his own hard-learned wisdom, writing more of himself into the character of Rip than he would sometimes like to admit. “I heard the line about God being in prison well more than ten years ago, and as funny as it seemed at the time, it’s interesting how its meaning has changed for me since then,” admits Sirls. In 2007, the author himself was incarcerated for wire fraud and money laundering. While in prison, Sirls learned a great deal more than he...