Author ALYS MURRAY--novels for the romantic in all of us--"THE CHRISTMAS COMPANY" from Hallmark Publishing will become a holiday feature film for the Hallmark Channel

The Christmas Company

She’s out to save the town from a real-life Scrooge…

The small town of Miller’s Point is known across the country for their annual Dickensian Christmas festival. When the festival is threatened by Clark Woodward, a miserly, big-city businessman, Kate Buckner steps up to save her hometown, their traditions, and her favorite holiday. But, along the way, she realizes that the man she’s trying to protect her town from might need some rescuing of his own. 

With a lot of heart and a little Christmas magic, Kate is convinced she can teach Clark to love her favorite holiday. But can such different people learn to open up and love each other?
  
2-9-19: #TCA19 Crown Media Family Networks announced its first original movie adaptation from @HallmarkPublish ’s bestselling novel, #TheChristmasCompany written by novelist Alys Murray @writeralys.


UPCOMING FROM ALYS MURRAY: 

TEA AND A COWBOY:
In 2019, The Wild Rose Press will publish Tea and a Cowboy, the first book in the Ridgewood Ranch novella series. When Cliff Masters gets dumped by his girlfriend for his “cowboy manners,” he approaches his brother’s little sister, owner of the town tea shop, to help him become a better man.

SOCIETY GIRL:
In 2019, Entangled Publishing will publish Society Girl, the first book in the Animos Society series. Society Girl follows Samantha Dubarry, an American in England desperate to win a place in an elite society. If she is able to join, she can earn her father’s respect and approval, and all she has to do is finish one last task. The task seems easy. Find a man, convince him she loves him, and then break his heart in a public, humiliating fashion. But as she slowly starts to fall in love with her mark, handsome musician Daniel Best, she discovers she cannot win the bet and protect her heart at the same time.


Alys Murray





Alys Murray writes novels for the romantic in all of us. Born and raised in New Orleans, she received her BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and went on to pursue her Master's in Film Studies from King's College London. Though she's moved away from home, she'll always be a Southern girl at heart.

Connect with her on twitter @writeralys or at her website, alysmurray.com.