Aubrey Taylor
As a child, one of Aubrey’s favorite activities was stapling paper together into little books in which she would then write and illustrate stories. Eventually she graduated to notebooks, but as a teen the love for writing began to die away. Many things, including friends, work, school, and music, took the place of writing. With the exception of too much time spent wording and rewording e-mails, writing was relegated to coursework. The creative and enjoyable aspect of the written word was simply gone.
Music continued to play a major role in her life, and at 19 Aubrey began to get involved in various church worship ministries, and even enjoyed playing in a local band for a few years. It was also around this time that God brought her together with Brian, the man she would eventually marry and have three children with. They became best friends, and are to this day. Together, they enjoy hiking and, when possible, traveling. Brian is a software engineer who also enjoys music and plays bass guitar in a local Christian outreach band.
The love for the written word came back into Aubrey’s life gradually, first as a reader and then, abruptly in March 2021, as a writer. Sometimes, God just taps us on the shoulder with a great idea that we cannot resist, and that is precisely what happened. It was as if He said, “I have an idea for you. Can you make the time to write it?” In spite of homeschooling and ministry commitments, the idea was indeed irresistible. It was as if the interests that had always been there finally had an outlet, after being sidelined for many years. Now it was time to create characters, dive into historical research and watch their lives unfold. Only three months later, after many late nights, many early mornings, and of course, many prayers, Sani was independently published on June 7th, Aubrey’s 41st birthday (although Amazon officially records the date as June 6th!).
Beth Steury
Beth immerses herself in the world of YA via substitute teaching, by connecting with the teenage staff and patrons at the fast food joint where she claims the back booth as her office, and by reading YA fiction.
She’s a “cheerleader” for saving sex for marriage and an even bigger supporter of “renewed waiting” because it’s never too late to make wiser, healthier choices. She welcomes questions and topic suggestions for the “Waiting Matters … Because YOU Matter” blog that inspired the Waiting Matters series.
Check out her Choices Matter series that follows Preston and Maggie as they navigate the choppy waters of high school, guy/girl relationships, and sex.
Beth is also active in the adoption community where she writes and speaks about her experiences as a “foundling” who located her birth parents and is enjoying making up for lost time with her biological family.
B.D. Lawrence
B.D. Lawrence has always loved reading fiction. Ironically, though, his worst subject in high school was English. One night, sitting in a master’s level computer programming class, daydreaming about vigilantes, he decided to give writing a try. Out of that came his first novel, which went nowhere. That was many years ago. During his writing journey he’s dabbled in several genres, including mystery, suspense, science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. He currently is focusing on crime stories of justice, vengeance, and redemption. He hopes his Lefty Bruder private detective series will not only entertain lovers of P.I. fiction but will also help fight the scourge of human trafficking by raising awareness of the awful crime of sex trafficking. He also wants his books to bring hope to readers that may not know Jesus as Lord. Not all of his stories are Christian, but all his novels will be written from a Christian world view and present the Gospel in some form by some character or characters.
Brianna Lynn Campbell
Brianna Lynn Campbell is an author and artist with a heart that is easily broken by the world around her. Brianna finds she cannot shy away from subjects that are painful and often ignored. Like many, has wondered how there can be hope when evil and pain run rampant, and she strives to face this darkness with truth.
Brianna lives in Arizona with her husband Scott Campbell. She enjoys playing board games and cards with her husband and siblings.
D.T. Powell
D. T. Powell grew up in a Christian home, loving books and reading. Her daily habits included devouring dozens of pages, picking which book to read next, scouring the local library shelves, and archiving and listening to sacred music.
When she was nine, God sent a fictional character into her life who changed the way she looked at the world—and herself.
From then on, she wanted to show everyone what God had done for her, so she pursued an art degree… and was summarily kicked out of the program due to general lack of artistic talent.
Only after she graduated with a degree in business did she pick up the one utensil she had never thought to use, a pen. And she hasn’t put it down since.
To fill her writing day, she works on original stories, extensive fanfiction endeavors, editing friends’ work, and learning more about the craft of writing.
Her hobbies include hanging out with her husband and their three kitties, reading, playing pickelball, listening to music, and imagining scenes to use in future books.
She loves Psalm 126:5, “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
Fred von Kamecke
Fred von Kamecke is a Writer, a Bible Teacher, and Minister at Large. He lives in Western North Carolina with his lovely wife Patty, and enjoys hiking through the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
Jessica Brodie
Jessica Brodie is an award-winning journalist, author, blogger, editor, inspirational speaker, and devotional writer with thousands of articles to her name. A humanitarian warrioress who draws her inner strength and convictions from the mighty spirit of God, she is willing to go where needed to get a story or do what the Lord asks, whether that’s the inner city, a roof doing mission repairs, or walking with lions in Gweru, Zimbabwe.
Jessica is also the editor of the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate, the oldest newspaper in Methodism, which has won 123 journalism awards during her tenure.
She authored Feed My Sheep: A 40-Day Devotional to Develop a Heart for Hunger Ministry (2019) and More Like Jesus: A Devotional Journey (2018) and compiled Stories of Racial Awakening: Narratives on Changed Hearts and Lives of South Carolina United Methodists (books one and two), all from her newspaper’s Advocate Press, which she helped found. She has won more than 100 writing awards from the North and South Carolina press associations, Religion Communicators Council, and United Methodist Association of Communicators. She is a seasoned speaker and frequent contributor to Christianity.com, BibleStudyTools.com, and the United Methodist News Service, among many others.
She has a weekly faith blog at JessicaBrodie.com and is part of the team at Wholly Loved Ministries, with her work included in their most recent Bible study, Unshakable, Unbreakable Joy (2021). Through Wholly Loved, her devotionals are also featured on Crosswalk.com and on Bible.com YouVersion. She also has a YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/jessicajbrodie.
Jessica has a passion for writing captivating, intelligent, escapist Christian fiction, the kind of books you can’t put down. Her unpublished novel, The Memory Garden, won the 2018 Genesis Award for Contemporary Fiction from the American Christian Fiction Writers. Another unpublished novel, Tangled Roots, won a third place Foundation Award in Contemporary Romance at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in 2019. Her latest novel is Hidden Seeds. Currently, these books are with her agent seeking the right publishing house.
Born and raised in Miami, Florida, she moved to South Carolina in 2010 and has fallen in love with the transformational stories and secrets rooted in the deep history of the state, as well as the cacophony of old and new that fill her senses. She strives to build a cherished community and ministry through all she does.
Jessica holds a Master of Arts in English and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in communications/print journalism from Florida International University. Before moving to South Carolina, she was managing editor for the Crossroads Chronicle newspaper in Cashiers, North Carolina, and was a college writing instructor (Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale and Florida International University in Miami).
She and her husband also own and operate a media production and digital marketing agency, Brodie Media, based in South Carolina. They have four teenaged children and stepchildren and live outside Columbia, South Carolina.
An avid reader since the age of two, Jessica has been writing stories since she was old enough to hold a pencil. Her favorite toy was her mother’s old typewriter, and if she weren’t a writer, she’d likely be a librarian or run a bookstore.
Lori DeJong
Lori DeJong (pronounced DeeYung) is an award-winning contemporary Christian romance author who enjoys penning stories full of grace and the redemptive power of God’s love that inspire others to hope regardless of circumstance, find joy in the moment, and grow in their faith.
Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Lori arrived in Texas in 2005 and dug those roots right in. She currently resides in beautiful Georgetown, north of Austin, with her husband of thirty years. Other than their two fur-babies, their nest is empty, as their daughter graduated from college and settled in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, where she is thriving in her faith and career.
Lori loves to write about love and romance and all that fun stuff, with a firm foundation of faith. Clean but sassy, sparkly, and even goose-bumpy romance, with God in the middle and characters seeking and learning and changing, couldn’t be more heartwarming or spine-tingly.
Lori’s debut novel, Love’s True Calling, Book One of her True Calling Series, was the 2020 winner of the Scrivenings Press Novel Starts Contest, the 2022 winner of the ACFW Genesis Award for Romance, was a double finalist in the 2024 Selah Awards, placed second in the 2024 FHL Reader’s Choice Awards, and was the Scrivenings Press 2023 Contemporary Book of the Year. Love’s True Home was released in June 2024 and was a 2024 Selah finalist. Love’s True Measure released in June 2025. Her novella, Jingle Bell Matchmakers, was released in October 2024 as part of “A Match Made at Christmas, a collection of Christmas romance novellas” and was named a 2025 ACFW Carol Finalist and won a 2025 Angel Award.
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Mitchell S Karnes
Mitchell S. Karnes is a Christian husband, father, and grandfather. He served in the church in multiple capacities, including pastor, youth minister, and education minister. Mitchell also taught English in middle and high school, also serving as a coach in wrestling and softball. He spends his time writing fiction in Middle Tennessee.
Rebecca Reed
Rebecca Reed loves adventure. Writing romantic tales filled with discovery, hope, and horses springs from a lifetime of similar journeys and fulfills a lifelong calling as a storyteller. From riding race horses to welding to teaching Spanish to traveling, she sees obstacles as challenges. Connect with Rebecca on her website RebeccaReedWrites dot com and social media to learn more about her writing.
A lover of Jesus, animals, music, and nature, she might be found listening to audiobooks on her rural Indiana farm. As a wife, mother, and grandmother with a huge, fruit-eating canine, she’s learned to embrace joy where she can find it––in life’s unexpected moments and inside a good story.
Rebecca’s dream is to bring God glory through fiction that delights readers with compelling, flawed characters whose search for identity and purpose reveals God’s truth.
Sarah Hanks
Sarah Hanks switched gears from children’s ministry to full-time novelist with Mercy Will Follow Me. She and her husband have nine children of their own, a couple of whom seem to have inherited their mother’s love for playing with words and crafting stories. Though Sarah dreams of a cabin by the beach, the family lives together in beautiful chaos in St. Charles, MO. She buys earplugs in bulk.
Shannon McNear
Shannon McNear loves losing herself in local history. When not cooking, researching, or leaking story from her fingertips, she enjoys being outdoors, basking in the beauty of the northern prairies.
Transplanted to North Dakota after more than two decades in the Deep South, Shannon McNear loves losing herself in local history. As the author of four novellas and six full-length novels, with her first title, Defending Truth in A Pioneer Christmas Collection, honored as a 2014 RITA® finalist and another novella, The Wise Guy and the Star in Love’s Pure Light Collection, a SELAH winner, her greatest joy is in being a retired military wife, mom of eight, mother-in-law of soon-to-be eight, and grammie of eight. She’s also a contributor to Colonial Quills and a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Faith-Hope-Love Christian Writers, and is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency. When not cooking, researching, or leaking story from her fingertips, she enjoys being outdoors, basking in the beauty of the northern prairies.
Terri Lynn Thompson
Terri Lynn Thompson writes fiction that demonstrates God’s beauty in the muck of life—where light breaks through darkness and hope rises out of hard places. She enjoys stories that illustrate deeper meaning. Her recent novel, Story Magic (magical realism), is the first in a three-book series. Each one features a real nonprofit organization Terri discovered through her family’s foundation, H. G. Clay Foundation (www.hgclayfoundation.org). Journey to Thélo is a YA Fantasy novella, in which Peter discovers the benefits of life in the light and learns to fly.
Wife, mother, and grandmother, Terri loves spending time with family and friends. She has been a doula, a special needs education assistant, a missionary, a homeschool mom, a pastor’s wife, and more. Terri’s interests include natural food, T’ai Chi & yoga, essential oils, other cultures & languages, and food. She draws on her varied interests and experiences when weaving fiction.