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Amy Alessio Max Elliott Anderson Linda Apple Tammy Barley DonnaMarie Bond Richard Brown Carla Bruce Roger Bruner Michelle P. Buckman James R. Callan Bonnie S. Calhoun Tim Champlin Robyn Conley Trudy Chun Kevin and Kristin Collier Jim Dyet Dorothy Francis Graham Garrison William Garrison Dr. Bill Griffith Caron Guillo Douglas Hirt Ronni Hosseli Steve Hutson Annette M. Irby Alan Jackson Jean, Mary & Frank James Pam Krumpe Mark Littleton S. A. J. Lyttek Dr. Celeste Matthews Pam Meyers Susan Miura Randall M. Mooney Brenda Nixon Vickie Phelps Trish Porter Carolyn Rankin Joe Ragont Jennifer Reed Frank Roderus Jory Sherman Tim Shoemaker Paul Sturm Donn Taylor Jennifer Hudson Taylor Jane Thornton Deb Van Horn Andy Von Loenen Jill Williamson

Amy Alessio - The author's teen interests and dialogue has been acquired through over nine years of running teen groups at the Schaumburg Township District Library in IL, where she is the Teen Coordinator. The title she co-authored: A Year of Programs for Teens has been an ALA Editions top five bestseller since its release in October 2006. She brings a background of several years of reviewing, writing and editing for Crimespree Magazine, YAttitudes online journal, VOYA, Public Libraries and Teenreads.com as well as experience on the Board and Executive Committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association to this project. This gives her a terrific platform for promotion and opportunities to get out and do it. Author's blog site: http://vintagecookbooks.blogspot.com/

Current Project Proposal THE HIGH GROUND [48,500 completed YA manuscript] follows sixteen-year-old Joelle’s search for a murderer. After her brother Jordan becomes the main suspect in the stabbing of one teen and then the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Joelle realizes no one believes he is innocent. She decides to help him by finding the real killer. Her quest to clear him takes Joelle from her high school hallways to a Civil War reenactment. Usually embarrassed by her family’s living history hobby, Joelle is happy to don the hoop skirts and layers of underwear this time to uncover secrets. As she discovers more about her friends and her hometown of Kennesah, Iowa, she puts herself in increasing danger.

Max Elliott Anderson - In addition to his film and production work, Max Elliot Anderson has written thirty-five manuscripts for a Christian chapter adventure series for boys ages eight and up. Seven of these books now published, Newspaper Caper, Terror at Wolf Lake, North Woods Poachers, Mountain Cabin Mystery, Big Rig Rustlers, Secret of Abbott's Cave, and Legend of the White Wolf have been published. Max has a tremendous web presence and is a tireless promoter. Author web site: http://www.maxbooks.9k.com
Books for Boys blog: http://booksandboys.blogspot.com

Current Project proposal: Whispers in the Graveyard –[ 23k Middle Reader] Josh didn’t like moving from his safe, comfortable house into a cramped apartment in Chicago. His father had taken a new job and the family hadn’t found the right house yet. But Josh made friends with Kim, Mason, and Dexter. The four boys did everything together. Dexter’s father was a funeral director. The boy’s biggest problem was that the quickest way to the subway was straight through the center of the biggest cemetery Josh had ever seen. The place was locked at night, but the boys knew how to get in. The only thing was, who’d want to? One night, as the boys returned home after dark, a gang began chasing them. Josh and his friends had no choice but to duck into the cemetery. They thought the gang was scary, but that was nothing compared to what they saw and heard next. The boys set out to unravel the mystery behind why those awful men were digging in the cemetery at night. What they discovered was a gigantic drug smuggling ring, and the boys found themselves right in the middle of it. Now if only the police can get there in time. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE

Linda Apple an inspirational writer of both creative nonfiction and fiction published in eight of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. One story, Never Too Late, published in Chicken Soup for the Working Women’s Soul, was one of eighty stories chosen from all the stories published in the past ten years for Chicken Soup’s anniversary addition, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Your Dreams. Her story, Mr. Jackson and the Angel Pin, published in Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, was reprinted in Woman’s World Magazine. She has sold several devotions to The Upper Room Devotional Magazine and The Secret Place Devotional Guide . and has won numerous awards for both her fiction, nonfiction, and humor pieces. In addition to her writing, Linda is an inspirational, motivational, public speaker currently on the speaking circuit for Stonecroft Ministries so she has a good promotional platform. Author's Website: http://www.shoutlife.com/lindacapple travel blog: http://www.southerngalsview.blogspot.com/

Current Project Proposal: In the Elephant's Shadow [78k historical romance ]- Elizabeth Collins never wanted to see the Elephant, but her life takes a tragic turn when her mother dies and she is forced to leave everything she holds dear in St. Louis and follow her father to the California gold fields. Bitterness takes root inside her and she vows to never forgive the man who was once her beloved Poppa, but now is a cold, distant stranger. The four month journey by wagon train exposes her to dangerous men, nature’s violence, and death. What unequaled, experience of a lifetime can save her from self-destruction and restore her relationship to her father? ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE

Tammy Barley - a published author, and the book, On the Wings of the Storm, won 2^nd Place in the 2006 Golden Rose Contest, Inspirational Romance category, and scored high in the Ticket to Write Contest 2006. Author's Website: http://www.shoutlife.com/TammyBarley

Current project proposal: On the Wings of the Storm, [103k historical romance] A headstrong Southern woman falls for her kidnapper . . . a cattleman she blames for murder. When Union loyalists murder Jessica Hale’s family, cattleman Jake Bennett spirits her away to his remote ranch in the Sierra Nevadas to protect her from the men who would also kill her for her Southern origin. Yet Jessica seethes with hatred for Jake, believing he could have saved her family but didn’t. Now she will stop at nothing to escape him, and to ensure the sheriff pursues the killers – and their hanging – with diligence. Until she falls in love . . . ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE

DonnaMarie Bond – writes travel articles. She is also a newspaper reporter and syndicated columnist in the Irma Bombeck tradition. Inspirational writing was added to the mix after a three-year stint on staff at her local Crisis Center. This area of interest defined itself in nonfiction articles and stories, one of which won The Linda Tomblin Award for Excellence in Inspirational Writing. She is married, the mother of five sons, mother-in-law to five daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren. The subject of family is woven into much of her work.

Current Project Proposal: Recipes for Living & Loving: Stories & Advice that Celebrate Mothers-in-Law & Daughters-in-Law. This relationship is as old as the account of Ruth and Naomi in The Old Testament and it is as new as the newest bride. It is also the pivotal relationship in the family and its importance is vastly underrated. Recipes….bridges the gap between compilation, self-help and how-to and seeks to present a composite of stories, professional observation and ideas to enrich both women in their journey together.

Richard Brown - was a Youth Pastor/Christian Education Director (5 years), continued as a Senior Pastor (19 years), college professor and Dean of the Simpson Graduate School of Ministry (12 years), then moved to Vice President of Spiritual Formation (1 year) which was ultimately joined to his present position as Vice President for Student Development at Simpson University, Redding, California. During those years of pastoring and teaching. This experience gave him plenty of illustrations to use of people who did or did not learn to trust God with the rest of their life. He has a Master’s Degree in Christian Education, a Master of Divinity Degree, and a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Bethel Seminary. He published Restoring the Vow of Stability in 1993 with Christian Publications, Inc, an article in the Alliance Academic Review on “The Religious Celebrity Syndrome” and an article in the Alliance Life about spiritual formation.

Current Project Proposal: Christian Living book, Marathon – Trusting God with the rest of your life [69k]. Why do too many Christians not follow through in their faith? Why are there so many spiritual “flashes-in-the-pan?” One reason for too many short-term believers may be that we do not understand what it means to trust God with the rest of our life. We emphasize accepting Christ at the start, but fail to realize that the Christian life is a marathon. There are plenty of converts who make decisions but fewer disciples who make it to the finish line. A relationship with Christ is more than a moment of decision. It is, as Eugene Peterson reminds us “a long obedience in the same direction.” It is about trusting God with the rest of your life. ( based on a study of the life of Abraham. )

Carla Bruce volunteered to write and edit for the magazine, Miracle Living, published by Sweetwater Ministries. This led to her eventual career of working as an editor and freelance ghostwriter; she also edits and typesets for a college textbook company. After 27 years of writing experience, Carla has had numerous articles, poems and ghostwritten books published; she led a writer’s group for several years and taught writer’s workshops in Phoenix and at national Writers’ Conferences. Years of working with pastors and teachers on Bible study books has given Carla a vast storehouse of Bible principles to draw from. Many books, classes and workshops in fiction writing, and decades of reading novels, has so entwined the two that she is able to present these same Bible principles in story form. Ghostwriting credits include: wakening to Destiny by Terry Crist, Creation House. 2002 Dinah’s Story—The Struggles and Triumphs of Parenting a Child with Prader-Willi Syndrome by Loretta Stafford, Xulon Press, 2002 The Image Maker Workbook by Terry Crist, 2001 The Righteousness of Man (workbook) by Terry Crist, 2000 Raising Whiz Kids—Crib to College (text/workbook), by Dr. Josephine Ong, Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., Dubuque, Iowa, 1999 Any Kid Can Be A Super Star by Maureen G. Mulvaney, MGM and Associates, Inc., 1999 University Success, The Christian Perspective (text/workbook), by Dr. Josephine Ong. Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., Dubuque, Iowa, 1992 and revised, enlarged, 1996 The Cross—the Believer's Authority (text/workbook) by Glenn Foster with Judson Cornwall. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. 1995, Revision 1997 Revival or Ruin by Glenn Foster, Huntington House Publishers, 1986, 1st edition — 2nd edition, (Revival—Our Eternal Hope) revised), Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. 1994 Purpose and Use of Prophecy (text/workbook) by Glenn Foster 1988 & 1993, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. — 2nd edition (The Gift of Prophecy) revised, enlarged, workbook added, Kendall/Hunt 1998 and other ghostwritten works.

Current project Proposal: When their candidate for the presidential elections has a massive stroke late on the eve of the party’s convention, the nominating committee makes a desperate last-minute search for someone with “charisma” to pull in the votes for their party. They agree that the cowboy charm of Drummond Wakefield, junior senator from Wyoming, is their best bet. Appalled when the idea of becoming a “replacement” candidate is presented to him, Drum is eventually persuaded to go for it. Grappling with the demands of a whirlwind campaign poses problems for him and his reclusive wife. Three days after winning the election by a close margin, he and his team fly to the family ranch in Wyoming to rest and begin forming his administration. On a horseback ride to his favorite place in the mountains, an angel appears to Drum and informs him that God has an important role for him to play in the restoration of godly values in America. Stunned at the reality of a God so real and so concerned for mankind, Drum must first grapple with his own response—this involves a visit to his Aunt Carrie (who becomes his spiritual mentor), two fleeces, and much soul searching. The idea of a God who is vitally and personally involved in his life continually keeps Drum off balance. He must deal with the puzzled reactions of his wife and others (he reveals that he has made a renewed commitment to God, but does not broadcast the story of the angel’s visit). His boldness to propose new ways to deal with old issues upsets the status-quo. A blackmail attempt forces him to admit and deal with an incident from his past. As the light that has entered Drummond Wakefield’s life shines brighter and penetrates the darkness of people and situations around him, opposition escalates and culminates with an attempt on his life.

Roger Bruner Numerous technical articles published in national computer user newsletter, Periodic contributor to Faith & Values section of Richmond.com website - Found in the Translation 1st place winner in novel category at 2006 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, Short story version of Found placed in top ten in 2005 Faith-in-Fiction contest sponsored by Dave Long of Bethany House , Article adapted for use in Bonnie Bruno’s When God Steps In: Stories of Everyday Grace (Standard Publishing, September 2006) Retiring in September 2008 to write full-time http://www.rogerbruner.com/

Current project Proposal - Found in the Translation is an inspirational coming-of-age novel about Kim Hartlinger—eighteen and spoiled—who arrives on a mission trip to Mexico only to find the project has changed: she’ll do construction in a tiny village without plumbing and electricity rather than evangelism in a medium-sized town having a McDonalds. Someone has forgotten to bring the translator, and even Kim’s dual-language Bible turns out to be Spanish-only. After breaking her arm the first morning out, must she just sit and watch? Will befriending a disabled little girl, starting an aggressive litter cleanup, and reading her Bible aloud in a Georgia drawl without any knowledge of Spanish affect anyone but Kim herself? And can she do any better at meeting the spiritual needs of gorgeous-but-troubled team member Geoff, whose advances make her so uneasy?

Michelle P. Buckman – a published writer with one title Pretty Maids All in a Row from Avalon press, A Piece of the Sky from the River Oak Imprint of David C. Cook, and a series from Navpress, the first of which is Maggie Come Lately and a second title entitled Beautiful Disaster. Authors Website: http://www.michellebuckman.com/

Current Project Proposal - Three Legs [20k middle reader] features an eleven-year-old girl who’s suffering from the changes in her life after her parents’ separation. The loss of her father in her daily life and a move away from her old friends to an apartment have left Julia feeling bereft. To compensate, she seeks out the companionship of a stray dog in the woods. With the help of eight-year-old Tim, a studious homeschooler, Julia wins “Three Legs’” trust. The two must keep Three Legs’ existence a secret from Toby, the area bully. Toby’s father runs the local animal shelter, and he’s sure to put Three Legs to sleep. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE

Bonnie S. Calhoun is a Bible Study teacher, Teen Sunday school teacher, and the Choir Director at her church. As a Google certified Blog*Star, she is designated as an expert user on Blogger. She dispenses advice for problem resolution on the Google/Blogger Help Boards for those using the Blogger platform. As the Director of the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance (CFBA), she has 170+ member blogs that weekly do blog tours to market the latest in Christian fiction. She is the Assistant Director of Fiction In Rather Short Takes (FIRST) where first chapters of new Christian fiction are showcased each month by the approximately 50+ members. Bonnie is also the designated Northeast Zone Director for the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). In 2007, she participated in the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference teaching workshops on blogging and Marketing, Publicity, and Promotion. She has plans to develop a brand "feel the beat…" where her readers know that she will deliver heart pounding action and adventure.

Author websites: http://shoutlife.com/bonniescalhoun http://bonniescalhoun.blogspot.com http://bonnieswritingtips.blogspot.com

Current Project Proposal: What if a real government project had the ability to control the weather? In Touched By Fire, Montana Sinclair poured her heart into creating a project for measuring the magnetism circling the Earth. Now she discovers that someone is using her project to physically destroy the United States. She has immersed herself in her career in an effort to forget the man she feared trusting, but now needs to embrace that man in an effort to defeat the apocalyptic project. What happens when a woman's desire to succeed stands in direct opposition to a madman's burning hunger to destroy? Will the woman or the man she loves have to sacrifice their lives? Montana battles her inner demons, assassins, and catastrophic weather in a bid to save the planet before it is irreparably damaged.

James R. Callan has a degree in English with an emphasis on writing, but when that did not support a growing family, he returned to graduate school in the field of mathematics. Upon graduation, he worked as a research mathematician, segueing into computer science. This eventually led to the formation his own company, with his wife. Then one day, he realized his children were grown, self-supporting, and he could return to his original love—writing. Along the way, he received grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and the Data Processing Management Association. He has been listed in Who’s Who in Computer Science, and Two Thousand Notable Americans. Callan has published two books: one non-fiction book on computers, and a mystery/suspense novel, which appeared in print and audio. The audio version (by Books in Motion) rose as high as number seven on the publisher’s list. Two of his unpublished novels have won contests for novels.

Current Project Proposal: Cleansed by Fire is his first Christian novel. Take four burned churches, one murder, add in a priest, troubled because he has learned information about the fires – but in the confessional, so he cannot use it, a widow whose mission is to help others achieve success while she remains in the background, and a detective who has abandoned his religion because he is convinced people are basically bad and the church hasn’t changed that. Then, there’s the dangerous newcomer involved in the local drug scene, and the burly man who tells the priest the churches deserved to be burned. Add in the drop-out teen who attacks the priest with a knife, and a troubled young man, angry at the world. Countering those are the teen choir that works to help those churches that have suffered at the hands of the arsonist, and the young widow who works to change the detective’s cynical attitude and bring him back to God. Mix them together and you have Cleansed by Fire, a book that illustrates Christian principles in everyday situations, yet has enough suspense to stand as a mystery novel.

CHAMPLIN, TIM; pseudonym of John Michael Champlin, (1937- ) born John Michael Champlin in Fargo, North Dakota. The son of a large animal veterinarian, he grew up in Nebraska, Missouri and Arizona. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State College and earned a Masters degree in English from Peabody College, Nashville.Two dozen of his articles and short stories were published in regional and national periodicals before he began his career as a Western author with his novel, Summer of the Sioux in 1981. His stories of the American West feature striking historical details, vivid characterization and spectacular scenes. His subjects include lumber schooners sailing the West Coast, early-day wet plate photography, daredevils who thrill crowds with gas balloons and the first parachutes, tong wars in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Basque sheepherders and the Penitentes of the Southwest.He is married and the father of three grown children. His hobbies include sailing, tennis and shooting. http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/authordetail.cfm?Author_ID=40

Trudy Chun is a missionary serving in Hungary and has had the chance to research the book firsthand. She was an editor for Beverly LaHayes Concerned Women for America and writes for Chuck Colson's Breakpoint Magazine. She could secure blurbs or endorsements from both. She and her husbands work with orphans and street children in that part of the world inspired many of the characters in the book. Author's website: http://www.shoutlife.com/trudychun blogsite: www.confessionsofamissionarywife.blogspot.com

Current Project Proposal: The Gift Giver – the story of St Nicholas [28k youth manuscript] is intended to reach out to young people who have discovered the truth about Santa or those who have been raised to not believe in him. Strongly based on the true story of St. Nicholas this fictional tale gives the reader something to replace what they have lost.

Kevin and Kristen Collier - - are a husband and wife youth writing team. The couple has over 40 books published either as author, illustrator, or both.

Kevin Collier, an award-winning children’s author who is young at heart, is truly gifted by the Lord to write for children.  His first book was praised as a "masterpiece of communication" by critic Diane Moore. As an illustrator, Kevin's "Topsy Turvy Land" was selected by World Magazine (Dec. 6, 2006) as "one of the 50 fifty best picture books of all time." Kevin also writes columns and illustrates entertainment pieces for several print and online magazines. The two have a 9-year-old son. Kevin also teaches art and cartooning classes at local schools and colleges, is a writing instructor for Writing Avenue, Inc. of Grand Haven. He has also had original comic strips published in various West Michigan newspapers for 27 years. Kevin's books, "barthpenn@heaven.org" and "Esther's Channel" were published by Baker Tritten Press. Guardian Angel Publishing published his written and illustrated works "Diligence the Dragon," "Journeys of Hope (books 1 and 2)," and "Tales From Kensington Forest."  Author's website: http://kevinscottcollierhomepage.blogspot.com/ Kevin's Book Illustrations may be found at : http://clearblogs.com/kevincollierbookart

Kristen Collier B.A. in English from Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI. YA novel Dreamchaser has been released by Guardian Angel Publishing (http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/). "Joy the Jellyfish" was released this fall by Dragonfly Books. She is an editor/co-owner of Tangerine Sky Productions, Ltd. (http://www.tangerinesky.faithweb.com), a writing company. Kristen's Author Page:  http://www.shoutlife.com/kristencollier http://kristenlcollier.blogspot.com/

Current Project Proposal: The Secret of Little Pine. [14k early reader] This is one of those stories that just stays with you. On the surface it is the story of a young boy who journeys into Little Pine woods and discovers a whole world hidden there, but it is so much more than that. It reminds one of those classic movies of childhood, like “The Sandlot,” with the good-natured, old-fashioned characters of yore. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE

Robyn Conley writer and freelance editor whose Christian publishing credits include articles sold to The Church Herald, VICTORY! FCC Magazine, St. Anthony Messenger and many others, as well as the novel, Living the Rapture to Hard Shell Word Factory. Robyn is the author of several other books, including: BE YOUR OWN BOOK DOC, What Really Matters to Me: A Guided Journal, (Walking Stick Press); the biographies: John Grisham, Influential Cartoonists, and Alexander Graham Bell, (Lucent Books); Depression (Lucent Books); and Meerkats (Capstone Press). She’s the author of two of the invention series books published by Scholastic’s Children’s Press: The Motion Picture and The Automobile. Her latest book, to be released in February 2007 is Beyond the Branches: Writing and Scrapping Your Complete Family Tree (AWOC Books). Her author page is http://www.robynconley.com/

Current Project Proposal: published author and speaker with a great platform offers Insights from the jobsite [35k]. A book of devotionals but not presented under that label is designed to be carried and shared at the jobsite. A great idea for a gift book.

Jim Dyet is a Theological Consultant, Manuscript Consultant, Conference Speaker and Writing Workshop Leader, Board Member and Mentor of The Jerry Jenkins Christian Writers Guild and a Freelance editor. He was Executive Editor: Accent Publications, 1971–1990, Youth and Adult Editor: Regular Baptist Press, 1990–1995, and Managing Editor: Accent Publications and Scripture Press Publications, divisions of Cook Communications Ministries. In the ministry he has been Senior Pastor, Interim Pastor, Part-time Pastor, Pulpit Supply 1958–present. He a graduate and was Senior Class President at Moody Bible Institute (1957), attended Houghton College, Houghton, NY, BA (1958), Louisiana Baptist University, M.A. (1976) ThD (1978), Graduate studies at Indiana State University and the Denver Seminary

Author website: http://www.jamesdyet.com/ Blog: http://jamesdyet.blogspot.com/

Current Project Proposal - Jim is working with fellow author and illustrator Joe Ragont on a book called Moments of Grace that I'll be representing them on.

Dorothy Francis - Five Star has published 3 of her mystery novels. CONCH SHELL MURDER (2003) and PIER PRESSURE (2005) appeared in hardback, large print, trade paperback and mass market paperback. COLD-CASE KILLER (2007) has been released in hardback and LP trade paperback. These books have received good reviews in Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly and other review sources. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and the Key West Writer’s Guild. Author Website: http://www.dorothyfrancis.com/

Current Project Proposal: KILLER IN CONTROL – [75k Mystery novel ] All police officer Kitt Morgan knows about sociopaths she learned from textbooks. But when a stranger kidnaps her she realizes she must combine her textbook knowledge with courage and wit if she hopes to survive and thwart the killer in control.

Graham Garrison has published articles in six newspapers and eight magazines, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, America’s Civil War, Georgia Physician and Boating World magazine. He has written countless personality profiles and features on topics ranging from college football (as a staff sports reporter) to the medical industry. This is his first venture into book length titles except for a self-published work, Groomed: Wedding Planning and an Engagement from a Groom’s Perspective, via iUniverse. Author's Website: http://www.shoutlife.com/GrahamGarrison

Current Project Proposal: – [80k inspirational fiction] Tribute combines two topics woven into the fabric of America – heroes and grace. The sacrifices of both military personnel and their families are seldom reflected upon and rarely understood. It’s not the opportunity for glory or war that bonds together the men and women of our Armed Forces, it’s often the relationships they form. Grace too doesn’t come in trophies or medals, but rather in relationships. This is a story of a man who understood this, and hoped in his last act that a town that praised him would recognize the forces that shaped his life.

William Garrison lives in Oklahoma City and works as an Internal Auditor for a state agency. He has an MBA from Oklahoma University and is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor. When he is not busy playing with his kids, running them around town or coaching T-ball, he writes corporate thriller/business suspense novels. Bill hopes to use his business background as starting point in writing corporate/business thrillers. He is currently a member of ACFW, and is Vice-President of Oklahoma City Christian Fiction Writers, the Oklahoma City ACFW chapter. Author website: shoutlife.com/billgarrisonbooks

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Current Project Proposal: His third and current novel is THE SOLOMON PROJECT. In this novel, Tommy Knox is a corporate prodigy that won a multi-million dollar contract for Freeman Construction. Then he discovered the Solomon Project. Now, someone is trying to kill him.

Dr. Bill Griffith Pastor and Bible scholar for forty five years, Author of an opera about the characters twenty two years ago which was performed for several years with the religious community of Cleveland, Ohio. He is a retired United Methodist pastor. He graduated from Garrett-Evangelical Theological School and earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from nine cooperating theological schools in Ohio. Website is http://www.drbillgriffith.com/

Current Project Proposal: Darkness Before The Dawn - Book One of series - Chronicles of Cauis – [150k historic fiction] novel reports events six months prior to the Annunciation, when the Virgin Mary accepts the task of being the mother of God’s messiah. The characters involved struggle with the mixed culture of the time and place and their individual varying values, hopes and circumstances. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AVAILABLE

Caron Guillo - Christian fiction and non-fiction author published in God Answers Prayers Military Edition (Harvest House, 2005). Publishing credits include short stories, articles, and/or feature articles for Christian Woman, Choice, Church & Family, and Church Growth magazines. Authored “Real Family Values,” a parenting and family life column for Choice Magazine. Author Website: http://caronguillo.blogspot.com

Current Project Proposal: Children of Light [94,000-word historical] begins in thirteenth century Germany at the dawn of an ill-conceived peasant crusade and ends a decade later on a sprawling estate in Egypt, approaching its subject from an evangelical perspective of hope and redemption. The first in a series, Children of Light tells a lively story of faith lost and forgiveness found, painting the medieval setting with vibrant strokes. Novelist Jack Cavanaugh writes, “With warmth and humor, Guillo weaves an unforgettable story of hope and perseverance in a cruel and unforgiving world.”

Douglas Hirt was born in Illinois, but heeding Horace Greeley's admonition to "Go west, young man", he headed to New Mexico at eighteen. Doug earned a Bachelor's degree from the College of Santa Fe and a Masters of Science degree from Eastern New Mexico University. During this time he spent several summers living in a tent in the desert near Carlsbad, New Mexico, conducting biological baseline surveys for the Department of Energy. Doug drew heavily from this "desert life" when writing his first novel, DEVIL'S WIND. In 1991 Doug's novel, A PASSAGE OF SEASONS, won the Colorado Authors' League Top Hand Award. His 1998 book, BRANDISH, and 1999 DEADWOOD, were finalists for the SPUR award given by the Western Writers of America and has 34 novels in print. A short story writer, and the author of twenty-nine novels and one book of non fiction, Doug now makes his home in Colorado Springs with his wife Kathy and their two children, Rebecca and Derick. When not writing or traveling to research his novels, Doug enjoys collecting and restoring old English sports cars. Author Website http://www.douglashirt.com/

Current Project Proposal: What happens when you have two seasoned and well published authors (Doug Hirt and Frank Roderous with a heart for reaching out to the Christian market with an exciting read and a subtle faith message? You get a series proposal like Salvation Canyon Station. Two seasoned western writers with a heart for putting their faith into their writing propose a series wherein inside each book, the protagonist will come face to face with his/her personal devils in Salvation Canyon – face them and hopefully overcome them.

Steve Hutson My first book, What They Never Taught You in Sunday School, was released in 2006 by Tate Publishing. I manage a local writers’ conference (www.avwriters.com), and lead a workshop for beginning writers. My website (www.hutsonbooks.com) promotes both my book and my manuscript editing service. My greatest mentors in this business have been Tim Riter and Cecil Murphey. Through the process of writing my first book, I learned much about the publishing industry. Also, I often unexpectedly found my longtime religious beliefs challenged and (in some cases) strengthened.