Carolyn Leiloglou is the award-winning author of the picture book Library’s Most Wanted (Pelican 2020), a 2021 WILLA Award Finalist, and the forthcoming middle grade series The Restorationists (WaterBrook 2023). Her picture book manuscript Ruler of the Craft Table was a finalist for the 2018 Katherine Paterson Prize, and her poems and stories have appeared in children’s magazines around the world including Highlights, Cricket,... learn more

Award-winning author Jennifer Lamont Leo captures readers’ hearts through stories set in times gone by. She’s the author of You’re the Cream in My Coffee (winner of an ACFW Carol Award) and Ain’t Misbehavin’, both set in Roaring Twenties Chicago. In addition to historical fiction, she writes magazine articles on history-related topics and hosts a weekly podcast, “A Sparkling Vintage Life.” She is... learn more

Kim Dolan Leto is the author of F.I.T. Faith Inspired Transformation, a faith-filled inspirational speaker, creator of the F.I.T. DVD series, and the Director of Family Health and Wellness for the ISSA. Her mission to empower people through the word of God to achieve a Faith Inspired Transformation in their health and happiness and live with Godfidence has been featured on the 700... learn more

Jessica Shaub Lewis lives as a missionary in Cusco, Peru with her husband and three wildly imaginative boys. She spends her days with her family in make-believe lands fighting villains, befriending invisible creatures, exploring ancient ruins, and avoiding lava. Jessica is a member of the SCBWI, teaches English and Spanish, and has been involved with Young Life (and other youth ministries) since 2007.... learn more

Jack Woodville London studied at Oxford University and the Academy of Fiction, St. Céré, France and was the first Author of the Year of the Military Writers Society of America.  He is the author of nine articles on the craft of writing and numerous articles on early 20th Century history.  His craft book, A Novel Approach, a short and lighthearted work on the... learn more

Anne Love is the author of “The Gardener’s Daughter”, part of the Of Rags and Riches Romance Collection (Barbour 2017). She is a vintage-loving author fueled by prayer, strong black coffee, and characters of generations past—both real and fictional. By day, she’s a Family Nurse Practitioner in northern Indiana, and by night, she writes historical romance flavored with vintage rural charm, inspired by... learn more

Dr. Jennifer Love is board-certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. She attended medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, and completed her internship, residency and subspecialty fellowship training at the University of Hawaii. She served as chief resident and as... learn more

Linda MacKillop is a novelist and creative non-fiction writer whose work has appeared in numerous books and journals. Her debut novel, Try Again Farm, will be released by Kregel Publications in 2021. Her children’s writing has appeared in The Bible Almanac for Kids and The Amazing Bible Factbook. She loves writing essays about the ordinary and hard in life. Those essays have appeared in literary... learn more

Since 2018, Candy Marballihas served as President & CEO of The Prayer Covenant, whose mission is making disciples among the children and youth of the nations. She has served in children’s ministries for over 30 years in the United States, Japan and the Philippines. She authored The Power of the Prayer Covenant for Children, awarded GOLD for Education by Illumination Book Awards for 2015 and is... learn more

Shelley has been married for 16 years to her husband, Jason, and they have three little boys, Truman, Harrison and Norman.  Her entire world changed 13 years ago when she confronted Jason and demanded the truth about his secret life of infidelity.  Some of her darkest days after knowing the truth were also days that she’ll never take back because it was in this time... learn more