Peggy King Anderson’s Starbird Ridge fiction series (Pockets Magazine, 20004-2008) has kids, bugs, and lots of animals in it, 90% springing from her own and her grandkids’ imagination. She is currently marketing a chapter book series, Sammy and the Mini-Beast Mysteries. For more about Peggy and her books, see her website at www.peggyking.com
Lynette Bonner is the daughter of missionaries, was born and raised in Malawi, Africa, graduated high school from Rift Valley Academy, a boarding school in Kenya, and attended Northwest University in Washington. Her first book, Rocky Mountain Oasis, released from OakTara in 2009 and has since been reissued as a second edition. Lynnette works in the office of a local Christian school and enjoys watching her kids play sports and chocolate of any kind.
Jan Cline is a writer, speaker, singer, and director of the Inland NW Christian Writers Conference. Her speaking experience includes women’s groups, leading a writer’s group, and emcee and workshop presenter of the INWCW Conference.
Grace Fox is a regular contributor for Power for Living. She has written hundreds of articles and five nonfiction books, and has produced Moving from Fear to Freedom, a women’s Bible study with accompanying DVD. She’s also a popular international speaker. www.gracefox.com.
Mike Howerton, lover of sushi, has written the books Glorious Mess and Miles to Cross. Husband to Jodie and dad to Alex, Caleb, and Duzi, he’s a frustrated surfer way too far from warm water and sunshine, and he’s ecstatic to find himself the lead pastor of Overlake Christian Church. He’s a popular speaker, having regularly shared at the Northwest Christian Education Conference, the Christian Musicians Summit, the ReFRESH Conference, and Focus on the Family’s Wait No More Conference.
Lesley McDaniel juggles a career in theatrical costuming with writing women’s and young adult fiction. She also dabbles in entrepreneurial pursuits and home schools her two daughters. In her spare time (ha!), she chips away at her goal of reading every book ever written.
Jeffrey Overstreet is the author of a "memoir of dangerous moviegoing" called Through a Screen Darkly, and four fantasy novelsundefinedAuralia's Colors, Cyndere's Midnight, Raven's Ladder, and The Ale Boy's Feast. He is a contributing editor for SPU’s Response, and also writes for Image and www.LookingCloser.org.
James Rubart is the best-selling author of Rooms, Book of Days, and The Chair. He owns the marketing firm, Barefoot Marketing, lives in Woodinville with his amazing wife and two teenage sons, and still thinks he’s young enough to water ski like a madman.
Cindy Scinto is a graduate of Suffolk Community College in New York, where her love for all things written began. A degree in journalism propelled her into the world of publication and writing where she enjoyed researching grammar and form. Her background includes newspaper writer, critique group leader, writing coach, magazine publication, and authorship of three books.
Bill Wipple has spent 60-plus years in broadcasting and now is executive director with Tape Ministries Northwest, a 30-year-old charity that provides free audio books throughout the U.S. for people who are blind.