About the Book

Book: Heaven: Experience the Extraordinary

Author: Tony Stoltzfus

Genre: Christian Fiction

Release Date: October  3, 2025

At the very edge of heaven, beyond pain and death, the Great Leap waits for you…

Dive in with physicist Amanda for a full-on immersion in a breathtaking, mind-bending new world that’s far, far better than you ever imagined! Gravity is optional, so you can fly. Mistakes are impossible, because evil no longer exists. Time is swallowed in the Eternal Now where you never miss out or run short of time. And an intimacy and acceptance we can only dream of on earth is present with everyone you meet, from the very first moment.

And heaven’s God is gloriously, ridiculously good—as comfortable and accessible as your best friend, completely satisfied in you, yet so big that you’ll never run out of adventure, wonder and delight. Marrying scripture, near-death experiences and physics, this profound journey of imagination will transport you into an eternity you’ll never forget.

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About the Author

Tony Stoltzfus is the author of 21 books on coaching, life and leadership, including the best-selling Coaching Questions (over 200,000 sold). His latest is Heaven: Experience the Extraordinary—a full-on immersion into life in heaven.

His specialty over 25 years as a professional coach is working with ‘senior leaders in painful transitions’, helping them find the goodness of God in the midst of suffering. He’s had plenty of opportunities to meet God in his own adversities, including betrayals, losing access to his life’s work, depression, a home burning down in a forest fire, and more. His message through it all is, “there is nothing that can happen to you that God won’t make something beautiful of.”

Tony has launched or co-launched several coach training organizations, including Leadership MetaFormation and Coaching Mission International. He has trained and certified thousands of Christian coaches, and been recognized by CCNI for pioneering contributions to the Christian coaching field. He is the developer of the Encounter Coaching approach, which transforms the emotional brain by making Jesus a live participant in the coaching conversation.

Tony lives in Redding, CA with his wonderful wife of 37 years, a dog that is a sucking void of emotional need, and a constantly-breaking sprinkler system.

More from Tony

“If people could spend just one day in heaven, they’d give anything to go back…”

Sounds right, doesn’t it? Then what would it take for people to have that experience on earth (without, of course, the messy detail of having to die in the process)?

The surprising key is in that word, ‘experience.’ Experience is the realm of your emotional brain. That side of you that thinks in pictures, stories, and feelings—not in sterile words and detached, rational concepts. Give people a story that transports them to heaven, that lets them feel timelessness, soar in the gravity-optional skies of the Beautiful Land or fall into the all-encompassing embrace of the lover of their soul, and maybe, just maybe, they’d give up anything to go!

The book, Heaven: Experience the Extraordinary, is that story. Join physicist Amanda as she finds herself on the other side, in an astonishing, mind-bending universe where evil has been so completely stamped out that no one remembers it ever existed. In this world built of light, gravity is optional—you can sky-dive without a parachute. Conversations are spirit-to-spirit, with no chance of misunderstanding. You travel at the speed of thought. And heaven’s extra dimensions let Jesus be everywhere at once—so you never have to wait to spend time with him!

For those who’ve experienced loss or grief in this life, it’s a heaven that holds the power to make ALL things well. You’ll weep with Amanda as the devastation of losing both parents as a teen is brought to light; but then rejoice when the Man of Light enters every painful memory, washing her heart clean. You’ll see how prayers and acts of kindness done in secret echo down through generations, joining all of us in a Great Tapestry of connections. Meet the mother of an autistic child, and see how the great sacrifices that circumstance drew from her made them both Great Ones in heaven. Learn how Jesus worked behind the scenes to make the man who betrayed Amanda’s father into one of his dearest friends.

And when Amanda learns that her mom has chosen not to come, discover how heaven makes even THAT well.

And yet this heaven is still, always, more! Join a flash-mob gathered to revel in unrestricted joy. Breathe under water in the River of Life. Garden with an angel, and make a plant grow simply by speaking to it. Travel through time to relive any memory in your life, whenever you want.

Heaven is beyond comprehension—but not beyond imagination! And when we give ourselves permission to imagine the unthinkable, the seed of heaven gets lodged deeply in our hearts.

Interview with Tony

How long does it take you to write a book?
Most of what I have written is non-fiction how-to books in a field where I am an expert. If I have been training regularly with that content, I usually figure a book like that is a 500 hour project, including making diagrams and photos, page layout, etc—I do everything except the editing. My latest book is my first work of fiction, and kind of a labor of love. It took 6 years and probably more like 2000 hours (a year’s work full time) to complete it.

When did you write your first book and how old were you?
I actually wrote a play that my high school performed at a school assembly. It wasn’t anything to write home about 😊I wrote a couple books in my 20’s and thirties that were never published – I published my first book at 45.

Do you base your characters on real people?

I’ve been a professional life coach for 25 years, and specialized in walking with people through their most difficult experiences in life. Many of the people and events in this book are based on real situations where the perspective of heaven came and gave a breakthrough to me or those I was working with. For instance, the chapter on the ‘Great Ones’ is modeled after a friend who has devoted 30+ years of her life to caring for an autistic child who cannot even speak. And there are a number of parts that tell my own story.

Have you experienced writer’s block, and how do you handle it?
I learned the lifestyle of a creator in the 15 years I was a furniture designer. At first, I was working half time as a draftsman, but when the full time designer quit, I went to 28 hours a week and took over all his responsibilities in addition to mine. And then I doubled our sales in the first year. For the next decade, I was desperately behind, all the time. When I had a block of time free to create a new design, I couldn’t afford to wait for the muse to arrive or to feel creative—creating was my job, and so I just did it. In 20 years as an author, I have never once had writer’s block because of what that experience taught me. Writing is a craft that I do. Sometimes a feeling of inspiration comes before I write, and sometimes it comes once I start.  But if it doesn’t, I write anyway, because I don’t need to feel a certain way to do it. And I have plenty of other things going on in my life, so if I am uncertain how to proceed on a project, I move on.

How many books have you written? Which is your favorite?
I’ve written 21 books and at least 15 published training manuals. My favorite book is this last one on Heaven. The one I had the hardest time getting myself to write is by far my best seller.

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Giveaway

To celebrate his tour, Tony is giving away the grand prize of a $150 Amazon Gift Card and a copy of the book!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

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