Authors of General Market Books

Candace Camling

Candace Camling is a full time author/illustrator living in Des Moines, Iowa. She has illustrated numerous titles for children in the religious and general marketplaces. She currently serves as the illustrator coordinator for the Iowa chapter of SCBWI. She earned a BFA in illustration and digital media from Kendall College of Art & Design, graduating as a studio excellence award winner and valedictorian. In... learn more

Kim “KC” Campbell

Kim “KC” Campbell is a retired colonel who served in the United States Air Force for more than 24 years as a fighter pilot and senior military leader. Her final assignment was as the director of the Center for Character and Leadership Development at the United States Air Force Academy. As a senior military leader, Kim led thousands of airmen both at home... learn more

Sarah M. Carlson

Sarah M. Carlson served as a Targeting Analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency's Counterterrorism Center. She specialized in threats and attacks plans directed against the U.S. and Europe and completed multiple rotations with the Directorate of Operations. Prior to that, she served as a Counterterrorism Analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency in the Homeland Defense Division and Iraq Branch. She also completed rotations... learn more

Dr. Kabran Chapek

Dr. Kabran Chapek has been a staff physician at Amen Clinics since 2013. As a graduate of Bastyr University in the Seattle area, he is an expert in the use of functional and integrative treatments and collaborates extensively with many of the Amen Clinics physicians. He has a special interest in the assessment and treatment of Alzheimer’s and dementia, traumatic brain injuries, PTSD,... learn more

Craig S. Chapman

Craig S. Chapman spent thirty years managing dual careers in telecom network sales and the U.S. Army/National Guard. As an author he has combined his lifelong passion for historical research with his expertise as an infantry officer to write a Civil War history, More Terrible Than Victory, and a World War II biography, Battle... learn more

Shannon Deer

Shannon Deer, PhD, CPA, is the interim associate dean for undergraduate programs and a clinical assistant professor for Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. She is an award-winning professor who prepares experienced professionals in Texas A&M’s MBA programs for successful careers in business. She also conducts executive development training for leading companies. Dr. Deer’s research, included in this book, has been published in leading, peer-reviewed journals. Her research focuses... learn more

Brie Doyle

Brie Doyle is an author who writes across genres.  Her passion for writing is grounded in fiction, but her professional life has called her to crossover to non-fiction, as well.  Her first non-fiction book, YOU SHOULD LEAVE NOW: Going on Retreat to Bring You Back to Yourself, comes out in 2021.  It pertains to her work hosting transformational women’s retreats. For fiction, Brie writes... learn more

Dr. Daniel Emina

Dr. Daniel Emina is a child/adolescent and adult psychiatrist who earned his medical degree from the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, and completed his general residency in psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University of Hawaii Department of Psychiatry. He is an Associate Medical Director of the Amen Clinics, a nationwide network of pioneering brain health clinics, founded by... learn more

Diane Carlson Evans

CPT Diane Carlson Evans, Army Nurse Corps, Republic of Vietnam (born 1946) is a former nurse in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and the founder of the Vietnam Women's Memorial located at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Evans initiated and led the effort to completion. Carlson Evans was born and raised on a dairy farm... learn more

Laura Finch

Laura writes to capture and amplify voices that policymakers, reading audiences and future generations must hear. A skilled interviewer and researcher, Laura currently directs communications efforts at the Humanitarian Disaster Institute (HDI) at Wheaton College. In this role, she produces and edits the Better Samaritan blog and podcast hosted by Christianity Today. She worked previously at the nonprofit cable network C-SPAN, where she handled nationwide publicity... learn more