Brandon Barr

Brandon Barr was born in Redlands California where he lives today with his wife Amanda and son Nathan. He graduated from California Baptist University in 2004 with a B.A. in English, and while he loves to read, his other favorite pastimes are hiking, fishing, and going backpacking. Brandon has published numerous short stories in various magazines and anthologies, you can read some of these for free from his website, brandonbarr.com

Brandon’s two novels, When the Sky Fell (science fiction), and American Midnight (contemporary drama/suspense) were published in 2009 and 2010.

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Brenda K. Bradley

With over 20 years of experience, Elder Brenda Bradley's approach to relationship counseling is grounded by the Word. Quickly establishing herself in the industry through her wit and down to earth teaching style, Brenda makes the subject matter so simple “a baby could understand it!”

Happily married for 23 years, Brenda shares the Pastoral responsibilities at Rhema Full Gospel Fellowship Church with her husband, Elder Damon Bradley. A proud mother of two and grandparent of two, she loves to spend her down time spoiling her grandchildren: “I understand why they call it grand!”

For more information on Brenda, you can visit her website at ElderBrendaBradley.com

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Michele Chynoweth

 Michele Chynoweth has been a news reporter, adveritising copywriter and ad agency owner prior to becoming a published author, and won first place in the drama category of the Maryland Writers Association Fiction Contest.  She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, the mother of three and lives in her native Maryland.

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Vivian May Edwards

Vivian May Edwards is an inspirational and creative author, writer and poet.  She lives in a log home situated in the middle of a forest preserve in North Georgia with her husband, teenage daughter, three cats and three miniature dachshunds.  Vivian is a former missionary to Costa Rica with CAM International. 

She is mother to four children, two daughters-in law, one son-in-law and two adorable grandchildren with her third one on the way!  She loves her family, friends, Church, nature, the outdoors, gardening, the ocean, painting landscapes, cooking, music, reading and writing.  She adores travel, meeting new people, making new friends and is always interested in their lives, their struggles, their joys and their life's passion and work. 

Donna Fitts

Donna Fitts has a wealth of different life experiences to draw on for her work. From overcoming abuse as a child, traveling the world with her Air Force dad, being a single mother on welfare to marrying and graduating college Magna Cum Laude.

Donna's easy writing style allows the reader to see herself and her friends in her writing, but also directs the reader back to the ultimate authority: God's Holy Bible.

Donna is a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Southeastern Louisiana University, and California State University. She has served more than 30 years in churches and in public schools, and is currently an elementary school principal in Rhode Island.  

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Sandra Grice

United States Air Force, Sandra is currently an officer in the Tennessee Air National Guard. She also serves as coordinator of Veterans Services and has worked as an instructor of legal studies at Roane State Community College.

She currently resides, with her cat Stryker, in Rockwood, Tennessee.

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Samuel Kee

Sam’s mission as a writer and communicator is to rid the world of hopelessness.  He grew up in a rural part of Northeastern Ohio in a family of artists, rebuilding wrecked cars with his dad, writing poetry with his mom, painting with his sisters, and wrestling with his brother.  He loves to use mundane experiences as windows to God, like turning a car repair into a metaphor for human suffering. People note Sam’s creativity, depth, and passion, but he knows that it’s really his unsettled longing to help others realize that they are loved. 

Sam is a pastor, author, chaplain, and blogger, and is working on a forthcoming book about the gospel.  He is also involved in other initiatives that seek to bring light into dark places, like Mission L.O.V.E., Brick by Brick, Christ Together, and Follow My L7fe.  When he’s not having fun with his family or hanging out with the students of North Suburban Church, he’s probably at a coffee shop reading the poetry of George Herbert!

You can follow his blogs at www.samuelkee.com

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Catherine Leggitt

Catherine Leggitt is an author, editor, and inspirational speaker. A native Californian born in the Bay Area, she raised two daughters, taught school, and cared for her aging parents in southern California before retiring to northern California. Writing is Catherine’s number one distraction. Her first book, PAYNE & MISERY, won 2nd place at the Orange County Christian Writers Conference in May 2010. Her third book, PARRISH THE THOUGHT, made the quarterfinals in the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest.

The proud grandmother of five beautiful children, Catherine studies the Bible, reads, and sings in the choir. PAYNE & MISERY is scheduled for release in November, 2011. The next two books in the series will be published in 2012.

For additional information, please visit her website at www.catherineleggitt.com.
 

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Mike Lynch

Mike Lynch currently resides in the Bay Area with his wife and two children. He graduated from San Jose State University in 1986, and then from San Jose Christian College in 1994.  Mike’s first book, Dublin, published by Arcadia Publishing, came out in 2007, and When the Sky Fell, published by Silver Leaf Books, was published in 2009.  He has also written a host of short stories, one of which, “Beyond Horizon’s Edge,” took 1st place in the 2009 Preditors & Editors Reader’s Poll.  American Midnight, also published by Silver Leaf Books, came out in June 2010. 

His next novel, After the Cross, is scheduled to be released by Ellechor Publishing in 2011.  He is currently working on his next novel, The Crystal Portal.
 

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Jennifer Anne Messing

Jennifer Anne Messing is an author and poet, speaker, singer, and past president of Oregon Christian Writers. Jennifer Anne has had 175+ articles, short stories, movie reviews, and poems published in 55 different magazines and book compilations, including Bible Advocate, Evangel, Live, Standard, The Christian Journal, Christian Fiction Online, and Nudges from God. Born in Manila, Philippines, to parents active in international business, she spent many of her childhood years in the Philippines and also in Chicago, Illinois. Jennifer Anne graduated with honors from Covington Theological Seminary in Rossville, Georgia, with a bachelor's degree in Christian Education. She also earned a diploma in Freelance Journalism from International Correspondence Schools. More information about her writing is on her website, www.JenniferAnneMessing.com 

Jennifer Anne currently lives in Portland, Oregon, and has been married to the love of her life, Michael, for twenty years. They are the parents of one grown up daughter and two still at home. When not writing Jennifer Anne enjoys reading, watching old-fashioned romantic movies, cooking, home decorating, scrap booking, going on picnics, biking, and aerobics. 

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Janice Rice

Janice Rice is passionate about living out her Christian walk as an adventure. She has worked as a Youth Pastor, assisted with starting up new churches and led numerous missions trips to Mexico and Fiji. She is also a worship leader and song writer.

Janice has her degree in Cross-cultural Communications and currently pastors with her husband and four children in Oregon.

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Alvetta Rolle

Alvetta Y. Rolle is a poet, author, and above all else a child of God. Born in Dunn, North Carolina,  she graduated cum laude from Kaplan University with a Bachelor's of Science in Organizational Communications in 2010. In her spare time she likes to volunteer with local organizations and persons in needs, as well as working on sequels to her debut novel, The Mercy Seat.

She has been happily married for seven and half years to her husband, Elrod and has four beautiful children ranging in ages from twelve to two.  Alvetta currently resides in South Florida, but spends the majority of her time on the small island of Bimini Bahamas.

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Michael J. Scott

Michael J. Scott is a Christ-following husband, father of three, preacher, teacher, poet, playwright and writer of fiction told from a Christian worldview. He was born in 1969 in Anaheim, California, but only remembers growing up in Upstate New York since the age of two. He graduated cum laude from Eastern Christian College in Bel Air, Maryland in 1992, and has served churches in Ohio, Indiana, and New York.

He enjoys writing, reading, discussing politics and religion, teaching, singing, martial arts, fencing, acting, cooking and shooting pool. He currently lives with his family outside of Rochester, New York.

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Jewels A. Staiger

Jewels A. Staiger is a Pastor's wife, mother and “neighborhood mom” to thirty plus teens in her community that she directs in Youth Group at her church. She and her husband Dave together, home school their 9 year old triplets. She is a speaker to ladies groups, churches, retreats and other similar events to speak and sing and share her story.

Currently, Jewels lives in Ohio along the Maumee River with her husband and children. A beautiful scenic area that they believe has been their Promised Land for the past 8 years and counting.

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Kelly Stinekraus

The Lord has blessed me with two beautiful children that I have the privilege of raising by myself.  I love the Lord with all my heart and have been following Him since the age of twenty-two.  Miracles From Misery is my first novel and I hope to write many more in the years to come.

Miracles From Misery is an inspirational romance novel about Grace Riley, a single mother of two who has been hurt repeatedly by the men she has loved.  She has been divorced and has put up high walls to keep out any prospects until she meets Christian Fairfax, a man who changes her life forever.  My goal for Miracles from Misery is for women to come to the realization that even when the men they love have hurt them, God still loves them and has a plan for them.

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