Get to know Debra… Debra Webb was born in Scottsboro, Alabama, to parents who taught her that anything is possible if you want it badly enough. She loved telling stories and began writing at age nine. Growing up on a farm in rural Alabama provided the wide open spaces and …
Get to know Lauren… Lauren Oliver is the author of Before I Fall, which ALA Booklist called a “compelling book with a powerful message [that] should not be missed.” A graduate of the University of Chicago and the MFA program at New York University, Lauren is now a full-time writer and …
Get to know Angela… I was raised with many limiting beliefs. I should have been an alcoholic and drug addict. I shouldn’t have graduated. I should be living off welfare. So how did I avoid being an addict and alcoholic, graduate from not only high school, but college with three degrees, …
Get to know Jody… Jody Hedlund is a debut historical romance novelist who was a double finalist in the 2009 ACFW Genesis Contest. She received a bachelor’s degree from Taylor University and a master’s from the University of Wisconsin, both in Social Work. Currently she makes her home in Midland, …
Get to know C.J…. C.J. Darlington’s first novel, Thicker Than Blood, was the winner of the 2008 Christian Writers Guild’s Operation First Novel contest. Her second novel Bound by Guilt has just released from Tyndale House. She is the co-founder of the Christian entertainment website. She makes her home in …
Get to know Ellen… Ellen Hopkins was born in Long Beach, California on March 26, 1955. She was adopted by Albert and Valeria Wagner. She grew up in Palm Springs, where she went to private school. At age 9 she published her first poem, which is when she knew she …
Get to know Susan… Susan Berliner has been a nonfiction writer for nearly her entire career. She had originally planned to be an elementary school teacher, but left after a year to become a newspaper reporter for Fairchild Publications. She covered men’s retailing for Daily New Record, a men’s wear/textile …
Get to know Beth… Beth is the best-selling author of the Daughters of the Promise series — Plain Perfect, Plain Pursuit, Plain Promise, and Plain Paradise. Her new series–Land of Canaan–recently debuted with Seek Me With All Your Heart which has been selected as the 2011 Women of Faith Novel …
Get to know Elizabeth… Elizabeth Winthrop is the author of more than 50 works of fiction for all ages. She is the winner of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the Pen Syndicated Fiction Award, The California Young Readers Medal and the Jane Addams Peace Prize Honor Book among others. Her …
Get to know Lisa… With the publication of Millicent Min, Girl Genius, Lisa has realized her lifelong dream of becoming an author. The winner of the prestigious Sid Fleischman Humor Award, there are over 300,000 copies of MILLIE in print. Lisa’s second novel, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time won the Chinese …