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Lisa Bartelt is a blogger, freelance writer and former journalist. Her work has appeared in The One Year Devotional of Joy and Laughter (Tyndale House Publishers), Blessed Are You: Meditations on the Beatitudes (West Shore Evangelical Free Church), curriculum for Group Publishing and Spotlight Youth Theater, her own blog, Living Echoes, and in guest posts on several other blogs. |
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Hana Haatainen Caye is agency principal for Speechless, a copywriting and voice-over business. She has authored over 25 children’s books and is multi-published in the Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies. Known as blogger, Green Grandma, Hana has had over 50 magazine articles published, and her nonfiction book Vinegar Fridays evolved from her blog. Hana also leads Writers at Work. |
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Gloria Clover, conference director, remains excited about her speculative romance series, Children of the King. Book 3, From the Frozen Depths, will be available for download this August. A free short supplement to book 2, The Fire Starter, called Burned is available at Desert Breeze Publishing. Her novella, The Remaking of Moe McKenna, and novel, Brianna's Pardon, were both published by Barbour. |
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Carol Cool has been published nationally and internationally in periodicals such as Clubhouse, Prayer Connect, Discipleship Journal, Prism, Christian Home and School, Twin Capes Traveller and The Bulletin of University of the Sciences. She runs her own editing and writing business, Cool Copy, which specializes in editing and writing in the corporate and advertising worlds. |
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Melanie Fitzpatrick is a certified personal brand analyst with 360 Reach Brand Consultants and a life/vision coach. Her specialty is helping her clients become clear on their very special essence. She is a coauthor of Woman Entrepreneur Extraordinaire with a chapter on "Communicating your Personal Brand," and contributed an autobiographical piece to Patricia Kagerer’s Wise Irish Women. |
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Michele Huey serves up a cup of inspiration with "God, Me & a Cup of Tea," her award-winning weekly newspaper column and daily radio program. Her work has been published in numerous anthologies and national publications. She is a writing mentor for the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild, ChristianFictionMentors.com, and The Writing Academy. |
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Nancy Esther James’ poems have been published in Christianity and Literature, Time of Singing, and other periodicals. Her poem “To a Friend,” was reprinted in the 2003 Poet’s Market. Her books of poetry include No Time to Hurry and A Leap of Vision (Dawn Valley Press) and her new chapbook, Resilient Spirit: Poems for Lorraine (Finishing Line Press). |
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Nancy Kennedy has authored six books, including the series of inspiring first-person stories, Miracles and Moments of Grace, and a book of weight loss stories titled How We Did It. She has also written two children's science activity books and freelanced for The New York Times and the online Wall Street Journal. Nancy is currently working on her seventh book. |
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Liana Laverentz wrote the award-winning contemporary romances, Thin Ice and Jake's Return, as well as the romantic suspense novel Ashton's Secret, published by Wild Rose Press. A freelance editor, Liana is also the author of the blog and ebook, Living on a Prayer, Living with PMDD. Her next release is Caitlyn's Cross, an inspirational romantic suspense novel. |
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Karen Martin has had one novel, a short story, and numerous articles published. She wrote the Johnson Shaw Stereographic Museum's history booklet, and organized their research library. Her booklet, Sick In Bed On Two Chairs - A Writer's Guide to Historical Medicine, is now available. Her historical Dust Bowl-era novel, Singing Cowboy, was published by Son-Rise Publications. |
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Kimberly Miller is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Grove City College where she teaches courses in film, screenwriting, writing for the media, and journalism. She earned her Ph.D. in English Composition from Indiana University of PA. Dr. Miller has had articles published in a local newspaper and her poetry has appeared in several online journals. |
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Tom Rookey has a doctorate from Lehigh University and was a college professor or dean for most of his career. He edited a professional newsletter for several years, has had over a hundred nonfiction papers and articles published, and five of his plays have been performed in four states. Fiction writing fascinates him and he is lucky enough to facilitate a writing group. |
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Audrey Stallsmith, contest coordinator, is the author of the Thyme Will Tell series of mysteries from WaterBrook Press and The Body They May Kill from Thomas Nelson. Her work has also appeared in periodicals such as Woman's World and Birds & Blooms. She writes articles for Demand Media and Dave's Garden, as well as her own sites, Thyme Will Tell and Inklings of Truth. |
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Shirley S. Stevens leads a Christian writers group, The First Word, in Sewickley, and is a member of the Squirrel Hill Poetry Workshop and the Pittsburgh Poetry Society. Past president of the St. Davids Christian Writers Conference, she continues to serve on their board. Shirley has recently had poetry published in Along These Rivers, Fission and Form, and Common Wealth. |
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Barbara Sutryn submitted her first manuscript in her late 50’s and Tyndale accepted The Sign Painter--without her realizing that wasn't the way things usually happened for a beginner. Her work has since appeared in Focus on the Family, Clubhouse, Christian Leadership, and many other periodicals. She came out of retirement to write the memoir Translucent Facts: Cutting Boards & Roses |
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Sister Rita Yeasted, Professor of English and Department Chair at La Roche College, recently published JON: John Oliver Nelson and the Movement for Power in the Church, a biography of the founder of Kirkridge Retreat Center. A Western Pennsylvania Writing Project fellow, she also serves as President of the Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English. |
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Joe Zentis is the author of hundreds of newspaper articles, including 122 Life Stories published in the Sharon Herald and collected into a 4-book series called Lives of Quiet Inspiration. He also wrote 100 profiles of veterans for the Moving Vietnam Wall's visit to Hermitage. His company, Green Street Press, has published more than 20 books for other writers in a variety of genres. |
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Lora Zill earned a M.A. in English and teaches writing at Gannon University and creative writing for Allegheny College’s arts programs for gifted middle and high school students. She is a teaching artist with the PA Council on the Arts, directs the St. Davids Christian Writers’ Conference and edits the poetry magazine, Time Of Singing. Her award-winning work has been published widely. |