Christmas Carol Kauffman

Christmas Carol Kauffman (December 25, 1901 – January 30, 1969) was an American author of Mennonite Christian literature. Kauffman was best known for her semi-biographical novels, and her writings were largely based on the life stories of people she met through the mission work she performed with her husband, pastor Nelson E. Kauffman. She is the mother of James Kauffman.

Biography

Early life Christmas Carol Miller was born on December 25, 1901, in Elkhart, Indiana, to Selena and Abraham Miller, and named in honor of her Christmas-morning birth. She graduated from Elkhart High School, after which she worked a clerk job, and enrolled for a short time at Goshen College.

Legacy Kauffman's novels were widely read at the time of their publication, and several are still in print today, in editions by Christian Light Publications. Her works have been translated into Japanese, German, Norwegian, Finnish, and French.

Christmas Carol's personal papers and publishing files are housed in the Mennonite Church USA Archives.

Published works Lucy Winchester (1945) Light from Heaven (1948) Dannie of Cedar Cliffs (1950) Life with Life (1952) Not Regina (1954) Hidden Rainbow (1957) For One Moment (1960) Search to Belong (1963) One Boy's Battle (also published as Unspoken Love) (1971) Escape from Kyburg Castle (1991) Little Pete and Other Stories (1992)