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Shannon Bream's Bible stories are turning Fox News Books into a publishing force

Shannon Bream attends The Hill, Extra And The Embassy Of Canada Celebrate The White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend at Embassy of Canada on April 24, 2015 in Washington, D.C..

Shannon Bream, an anchor on Fox News, doesn't get into the kinds of noise-making controversies that propel the careers of the conservative-leaning news channel's hosts. She provides straight ahead coverage of the Supreme Court, her beat at the channel, and has a nightly newscast airing at midnight on the East Coast.

Bream is never in the line of fire when media critics cite the network for the provocative stances and right-wing rhetoric dispensed on its prime time opinion shows. But even with a lower profile, she has become a best-selling author, capturing two slots on the New York Times list of best-selling advice, how-to and miscellaneous books for the week ending April 2: Her new release, "The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak," ranked at No. 2, its forerunner "The Women of the Bible Speak" at No. 10.

Both books analyze the stories of female Biblical characters in a conversational style that acknowledges their flaws and shows how faith guided them through crises. Rick

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