Roxane B. Salonen
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Finding grace in the ordinary.

The writing, speaking, and soul-conversations of Roxane B. Salonen — author, columnist, and host of Matters of Soul Importance. Rooted in the Fargo, North Dakota, prairie; writing for readers everywhere.

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Roxane B. Salonen

Roxane B. Salonen

Fargo, ND · Author · Speaker · Host
Roxane Salonen

Welcome to my site! Feel free to peruse my labors of love: books, podcast conversations, published pieces, speaking engagements, and Substack articles. Life is the grandest adventure when we're living the faith with vitality — whether at home on the prairie or across the ocean. Here, you'll get a taste of what I'm about and, I hope, find your favorite way to stay connected. Let's mingle!

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The books

Eight and counting — the award-winning What Would Monica Do?, the literary memoir Finding Flannery, and picture books from the prairie. All co-authored or written with care.

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The speaking

More than two decades before women’s groups, parishes, conferences, and classrooms — on pro-life witness, surrender, and the writing life.

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The podcast

Matters of Soul Importance — Roxane and her guests take up questions of earthly and eternal consequence.

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EWTN Global Catholic Network National Catholic Register Catholic Answers Aleteia Ascension Ignatius Press CatholicMom.com Women in the New Evangelization The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead Family Rosary Shalom World En Route Books and Media
Finding FlanneryBook award
The newest book

Finding Flannery

“She draws large and startling figures — and so does grace.”

A travel memoir tracing the mystique of Southern Gothic writer Flannery O'Connor and the legacy she left us all — co-written with Christina Brajkovich and Karen Anne Mahoney. Winner of a 2026 Catholic Media Association Book Award (2nd place, memoir), with a National Federation of Press Women honor to follow this fall.

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Latest from Soul Matters

Roxane’s Substack — asking questions of earthly and eternal consequence, and attempting a thoughtful answer.

Oct 28, 2026

On becoming shelter to the birds

(A mustard seed musing...)

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‘I just want to feel normal again!’

(And why that may be an elusive, and even unwise, wish)

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Moms really don’t care!

(But it’s not what you think...)

Read on Substack →Oct 11, 2026

An overdue love letter to my subscribers and followers

(And an important pledge about my commitment concerning AI use)

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