Marji Laine is a graduated home-schooling mom of four with her twin girls staying in the nest for a little while longer. She and her hubby of thirty-five years also share their North Texas home with a rescue pup named Rosie and their daughter's newest addition, a shepherd-husky mix named Anastasia.

When Marji isn't editing or publishing the books for her authors at Write Integrity Press, she indulges in penning her own mystery, suspense, and romance novels. She can also be found supporting a local ministry with its publishing needs or helping other authors through her freelancing.

She loves acting in musical comedy, has directed many stage productions, leads a ladies' Bible study, and sings alto in her church choir. She prefers mountains to beaches, dogs to cats, NASCAR to football, Tex-Mex, Magnolia pie, white roses, all shades of blue and green, and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries.

You can find her at her website: MarjiLaine.com

Joan Campbell's fictional worlds are rich with quests and heroes, intrigue and adventure. Her award-winning fantasy trilogy, The Poison Tree Path Chronicles, consists of Chains of Gwyndorr, Heirs of Tirragyl and Guardian of Ajalon. She is also the author of three illustrated collections of short stories, reflections and prayers - Encounters: Life Changing Moments with Jesus; Journeys: On Ancient Paths of Faith and Soul Search: Questions Jesus Asked. Joan lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is an MAI-Africa trustee, and involved with training and supporting Christian writers and publishers across the globe. She encourages people to 'step into' lives full of imagination, creativity and transformation.

Jennifer Fromke was raised in Michigan, but writes from North Carolina today. She's a lover of words, mother of three, and wife to one extraordinary man. While not writing, she can be found, latte in hand, laughing with her family or driving her kids all over the place. Her debut novel, A Familiar Shore, won the ACFW Genesis award for women's fiction in 2010 and placed 2nd for book of the year award at www.bookfun.org. Most recently, she had a short story published in the short story anthology entitled Heart Bouquets. She authored one chapter of The Christmas Tree Treasure Hunt, a Christian novella. Originally published in serial form via blog hop, it's now available in digital format here at Amazon. Special Delivery, a Christmas short story was her first publication.

Author J.A. Marx writes from Texas but dreams of Colorado. She's crazy about her critique group, goes wild over acrylic painting, and she loves 70% dark Chocolate almost as much as she loves her family. And Jesus is her best friend.

Debbie Roome was born and raised in Zimbabwe and later spent fifteen years in South Africa. In 2006 she moved to New Zealand with her husband and five children. Writing has been her passion since the age of six and she loves to write stories that touch people's lives and turn them towards God. Over the years she has won many awards and trophies for her work, including placing first in the Rose & Crown Novel Writing Competition in 2009 and 2012 and second in the Faithwriters' Page Turner Contest in 2010 and 2014. In 2015 she placed first in the Faithwriters' Page Turner Contest. Her novel Contagious Hope was a finalist for the Australasian CALEB award in 2013. Debbie's writing has opened doors for public speaking and she is often asked to share her life story and her experiences as a writer.

Sheryl Holmes: author, speaker, creator, encourager; Sheryl authentically shares how God carries her through every storm - she speaks about how everyone struggles with the same universal issues - she creates with words, food, and sometimes pushes paint around too - she encourages people by meeting people where they are and letting them know they matter and are loved.

Sheryl writes with “fierce, direct eloquence” and has a “lyrically-poetic” style of sharing her deepest thoughts.

Visit her website: inthebattle.org

Message her: sherylholmes2018@gmail.com

I was a child in a small town in the 50's. It was a time when kids amused themselves with paper, scissors, magazines, paste, crayons, and books, while listening to the radio. That's when I wrote and illustrated my first books, lacing the pages together with shoe strings. Writing wasn't something I dreamed of doing "when I grow up;" it was something I was already doing. I wrote plays for my classmates, wrote for the school newspapers, yearbook, tons of letters of correspondence with relatives and pen pals. I recently found a yellowed poem I wrote for the Michigan State University newspaper. Don't remember it, but there it is! After I had kids (7) I wrote puppet plays and stories for them, edited school newsletters, and projects, plays and news for Scouts and church. I wrote all the time. I made scrapbooks, diaries and kept journals. I hadn't figured out that I was a writer, or an author. That didn't happen until after the children were grown and I began writing travel books for grand children. Then one day it happened. I woke up and said, "I have a story in my head, and I think it wants to be a book. I guess I'll try to write a book."

Visit my personal website at www.booksbydeanna.com.

There are very few of ‘em left. Fay Lamb, the only daughter of a rebel genius father and a hard-working, tow-the-line mom, is not only a fifth-generation Floridian, she has lived her life in Titusville, where her grandmother was born in 1899. Recently, while touring the town’s historical museum, Fay and her husband, Marc, discovered a newspaper clipping in which their great-aunts stood side by side in a 1926 eighth grade class photo. A mural on the historical society’s outer wall depicts three fishermen: one is Fay’s uncle; the other two depict Marc’s great-grandfather and his great-uncle.

Because Marc and Fay both have quirky families, they love to try to tip the scales with stories of the escapades of loved ones, vying for the title of quirkiest family. Marc usually concedes because Fay’s father was too colorful a character. She believes that aside from salvation, God’s greatest gift is that of humor, and she often uses family exploits in her writing. Because she also believes that those who laugh the most often cry the hardest, Fay mimics that truth in her stories by including moments of laughter born from tears.

Since an early age, storytelling has been Fay’s greatest desire. She seeks to create memorable characters that touch her readers’ heart. She says of her writing, “If I can’t laugh or cry at the words written on the pages of my manuscript, the story is not ready for the reader.” Fay writes in various genres, including romance, romantic suspense, and contemporary fiction.

Fay takes the adage “write what you know” seriously and incorporates that truth into all her stories. Many of her characters and her locations are molded from her life experiences and from people and places she has met, has visited, and that have intrigued her. One character can be a mix of three or four true life “characters.” So be careful. Fay loves to create conflict in her stories. She might invite you into one.

Ruth O’Neil has been writing for over 20 years. She has published hundreds of articles in numerous publications. She loves to touch the emotions when she writes. “If I can make one person laugh or cry, I’ll consider myself successful.” She is a veteran homeschooling mom of 20 years. She and her husband have been married for 20-plus years. In her spare time she enjoys quilting, crafting, and reading. You can visit her on her blog at ruths-real-life (dot)blogspot.com or her website at ruthoneil (dot)weebly.com