Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Radio Host and Public Speaker With the voice and heart of an angel, Lisa Daggs has been delighting and encouraging audiences for over 25 years. Whether on a stage, behind the radio microphone, or one-on-one with her fans, Lisa courageously shares her own story of loss, redemption and hope to inspire everyone she meets. As a vocal performance artist Lisa... learn more

John Dailey left his home in West Virginia at seventeen to join the Marines, which led to a career of over twenty years. As a Platoon Sergeant in the Marine Corps’ 1st Force Reconnaissance Company on deployment in Australia on Sep. 11th, 2001, he and his men soon found themselves in Afghanistan battling the Taliban. In 2003 he was selected to serve as... learn more

Mary Davis is an award-winning author of a dozen novels (both historical and contemporary), four novellas, two compilations, and three short stories. Mary has received several awards from Heartsong Presents, including: 2nd Place in Favorite Historical Romance (The Captain’s Wife), 10th Place in Favorite Historical Romance (Reckless Rogue), 7th Place in Overall Favorite Authors. Mary is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers,... learn more

Sara Davison holds a degree in English Literature from Queen’s University. She has written a monthly column for a major newspaper in her city, and has her own freelance editing company, Cutting Edge Editing Services. Her first romantic suspense novel, The Watcher, was the winner in the Word Alive Publishing contest in 2010. Davison has been a finalist for three national writing awards... learn more

Deb is an entrepreneur, and has owned her own leadership training and executive coaching practice for 18 years. She is an experienced speaker and more recently, an author. She is a featured writer for several print and online magazine with work appearing in Lifeway’s Mature Living Magazine, More to Life, WHOA Magazine and Dallas Family Magazine. She is a monthly columnist for Mature... learn more

If you don’t count the impromptu, on-the-fly rewrite of Little Red Riding Hood when he was about ten, Michael DeCamp began his creative writing adventure in his freshman English class at Muncie Southside High School. To fulfill his teacher’s language structure assignments, he would formulate grammatically accurate, yet weird and off-the-wall sentences. Inevitably, those sentences would end up scrolled across the chalkboard for... learn more

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... learn more

Lisa Colón DeLay is a Puertorican-born author, broadcaster, teacher, and spiritual companion who centers her projects on spiritual formation. Her first book “The Wild Land Within” was published by Broadleaf Books in 2021. It offers insights into our unseen interior world where memories, wounds, fears, hopes, and potential reside; and features historically marginalized perspectives. Through her agent Keely Boeving at WordServe Literary, she is... learn more

Laura Dennis is a blogger, speaker, and creator of the popular blog Almostemptynest.net. She started her blog on a whim, but in six years it has grown to over 7,000 subscribers who read her weekly newsletter News from the Nest. She adds hundreds of new subscribers each month. Through her blog and newsletter, she uplifts, inspires, and empowers women who are transitioning from... learn more

Dianne Derby is an Emmy award-winning journalist who has spent her career covering major news events in southern Colorado and across the country. She joined the team at KOAA-TV (NBC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado as the weekday evening co-anchor in 2021. Prior to that, Dianne spent more than eight years at KKTV-TV (CBS) until the passing of her long-time co-anchor, Don Ward. Dianne’s... learn more