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Stephen
and Janet Bly are co-mentors.
Steve, a historical western novelist, has
also written contemporary fiction. An active
member of the Western Writers of America,
Steve has received a Christy Award
for The Long Trail Home . Janet Chester
Bly is the author of 11 books — devotionals
and womens issues — and co-authored 17 others
with Stephen on family topics and fiction
for children, youth, and adults. She has
also edited all of Stephen's works. |
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Eva
Marie Everson
wrote the award-winning titles Reflections
of God's Holy Land, The Potluck Club, Shadow
of Dreams, and Sex, Lies and the
Media. She has more than 20 titles
published.
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Lissa
Halls Johnson is a freelance
writer and fiction editor, as well as
an author of novels for teens, tweens,
and young adults. Lissa has edited more
than 20 novels for such authors as Mary
DeMuth, Harry Kraus, Claudia Mair Burney,
and Sharon Carter Rogers. She
has been a book producer at Focus on the
Family where she was the creator, editor,
and writer for the Brio girls series and
for the KidWitness book series.
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Yvonne
Lehman
has written 47 historical and contemporary
novels in the categories of mainstream,
biblical, romance, young adult, mystery,
and womens fiction. Her novels have
won numerous awards, and several have appeard
on the CBA bestseller list. |
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DiAnn
Mills is an award-winning author,
her recent novels include Awaken
My Heart and
When
The Nile Runs Red.
Three
of her books have won the distinction
of Best Historical of the Year by Heartsong
Presents. Five of her books have won placements
through American Christian Fiction Writer's
Book of the Year Awards, and she is the
recipient of the Inspirational Reader's
Choice award for 2005 and 2007. She was
a Christy Awards finalist in 2008. |
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Karen
O'Connor is the author of 60 books
and hundreds of magazine articles for children
and adults, a speaker, and a writing instructor
with 25 years of experience. Karen
received the Mount Hermon Special Recognition
Award for 2002 for her many years of writing
and mentoring writing students.
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Kim
Peterson's
writing has appeared in various anthologies
including Chicken Soup for the Caregiver's
Soul and Rocking Chair Reader:
Family Gatherings. Her articles and
book reviews have been published in local
newspapers and in magazines including CBA
Retailers+Resources, Encounter, The Secret
Place, and Seek. |
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Gayle
Roper
is the award-winning author of more than
45 books. Her novel Autumn Dreams
won the Romance Writers of America's RITA
Award for Best Inspirational Romance. Both
Caught Redhanded and Summer
Shadows were named Book of the Year
by the American Christian Fiction Writers,
and Summer Shadows won the Inspirational
Readers Choice Contest. |
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Christy
Scannell was editorial director
at Rainbow Publishers/Legacy Press.
Her novel series, "Secrets from Lulu's
Café," with co-author Ginger
Kolbaba, debuted in 2007 from Howard Books,
a division of Simon & Schuster.
The first in the series was Deperate
Pastors' Wives. In 2008, A
Matter of Wife and Death was added,
and Katt's in the Cradle was released
in 2009. |
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Cindy
Thomson is the author of Brigid
of Ireland, A Historical Novel, (Monarch
Books, 2006). Clubhouse
Magazine has
published some of her historical short stories.
Her
interests include genealogy, history, and
baseball. |
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Kathy
Tyers specializes in science fiction
for both the CBA and ABA markets. Kathy
has published numerous novels, including
her Firebird trilogy, and
the Star Wars novels; The Truce
At Bakura and Balance Point.
Her most recently published book is Grace
Like a River, a biography of classical
guitarist Christopher Parkening. |
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