Shimrit Hanes writes clean Christian science fiction about ordinary families escaping an increasingly harsh world. Crafters in every medium, builders, teachers, and medics follow a shared dream to a new world. Starting over in an empty, alien world, they build five villages with tools they brought and the materials there. Her characters grow as they learn to stand strong and overcome hardship—a lesson she's learned from her own life.
After chronic fatigue curtailed her music ministry, she found herself adrift, seeking God for purpose. Inspiration struck while encouraging her three eldest daughters in their own writing journeys. What began as moral support transformed into a personal creative renaissance, reviving her love of storytelling, a flame ignited as a child who devoured books and wrote poetry and short stories.
Drawing from a life of "making do," traveling internationally, and weathering both hurricanes and metaphorical storms, she infuses her narratives with hard-won wisdom. Her approach transforms entertainment into something more valuable, stories that might one day help readers navigate their own challenges.
When not immersed in her fictional universe, Shimrit can be found tending to her acre of homestead land, coaxing vegetables from Florida sand, or formatting books for fellow authors. The jewelry she creates, like her stories, combines raw elements into something both beautiful and meaningful.
Family remains at the center of Shimrit's world and music continues to flow through her life and work. She lives with her husband and they visit her five daughters and beloved grandchildren often. Between hurricane preparations and fishing expeditions in the Gulf, she steals moments to swim in Florida's crystal springs—gathering sensory experiences that later enrich her writing.
Shimrit approaches her writing with unwavering commitment. She admits to getting "real cranky" when unable to write for extended periods, a testament to how integral storytelling has become to her identity. Her persistence, coupled with natural creativity and inventiveness, continues to produce science fiction that entertains, instructs, and inspires.
Award-winning author Terri Gillespie describes her as "a gifted storyteller who delivers realistic characters I care about, and a world I want to explore!”
Shimrit Hanes writes clean Christian science fiction about ordinary families escaping an increasingly harsh world. Crafters in every medium, builders, teachers, and medics follow a shared dream to a new world. Starting over in an empty, alien world, they build five villages with tools they...
Wrenched awake by a nightmare, Antonia’s world collapses around her. Only twenty and newlywed, the devastation leaves her heart as bleak a prospect as the fallen city where she’s built her life. The loss of her family, and her husband Pedro’s head injury, leave her isolated in an increasingly hostile world. Camping on the street with refugees...
Still grieving the loss of her family, Antonia Silva, one of the few survivors, flees the ruins of San Francisco and the abusive husband who trapped her there. She finds refuge aboard a ship bound for Portland. But this is no ordinary voyage. Her rescuers are part of the Terra Colony Project, a mission to settle a pristine new world light-years...
Landing on a new planet is exciting, but Antonia experiences anxiety in the beautiful but alien world.
Landing day at last! The fresh air, slightly higher in oxygen, is refreshing and full of exotic scents. Antonia is enraptured until she takes a walk and hears eerie animal sounds in the strange, colorful forest nearby. As she and...
I've been thinking a lot about stories lately, not only the ones I write, but the ones I want to talk about. I have a YouTube channel, and I want to do more with it: make it a place to sit down with you, tea in hand, and share what I'm learning as an author and believer in Messiah.
I've started writing scripts for video posts. I’ll attempt to post twice a month and if that goes well, try it weekly. My first topic is a simple question:
Why are hardship, and even tragedy, so important in...
This season has been a full one, and I wanted to sit down and tell you about it. Life has been moving fast, and I'm learning again that God tucks small gifts into the busiest days if I slow down enough to notice them.
The last worship, and the long drive south
Before we left, Mark and I helped lead worship one more time: Mark on hand drums, and me on flute and background vocals. Then came hugs goodbye and a long afternoon and evening on the road through Connecticut, New York,...
It's official: Training Ground (Book 2 of the Terra Colony Project) is now available as both a paperback and an ebook! The colonists-in-training are clearing ground and learning to build their first homes. Now you can hold their story in your hands.
I've also been giving the website and my book pages a fresh look, with a Hubble starfield behind the covers. The series order is settled too: Terra Colony Dreamers, Training Ground, Terra Shalom, The Stowaways and Flight of the EsCargo.
