Cynthia Bezek: Pray! Senior Developmental Editor at NavPress
who is currently
creating a series of small group Bible studies on prayer; the first, Prayer
Begins
with Relationship, came out in June. A respected prayer retreat leader,
speaker,
and teacher, she began her career as a reporter for the Binghamton Press and
Sun-Bulletin and later freelanced for a wide variety of Christian magazines.
Kapp and Linda Brown:
Kapp and Linda are Artists-In-Residence for
House on the Rock Family Ministries where they design and operate
Acting Up Drama Camp each summer. Involved in drama for over 30
years, they met and married while touring with Covenant Players,
an international Christian repertoire theatre company. Their specialty
is writing plays on marriage and relationships.
David Fessenden: Managing
editor for CLC Publications with over 25 years of
experience in writing and editing. He has written 5 books and hundreds of
newspaper and magazine articles. His latest release is Writing the Christian
Nonfiction Book, a summation of what he’s learned and taught at writers
conferences and continuing education seminars.
Diana Flegal: Works as
Editorial Assistant to Joyce Hart and is one of Hartline's agents. Diana is
seeking to add both established and promising authors to her list of clients.
Hartline Literary Agency represents fiction and non-fiction books to leading
mainline and inspirational publishers. Diana represents fiction of all genres,
but is not interested in titles that would conflict with the Christian
Worldview. In fiction, she is currently looking for Women’s fiction and formula
romance titles. She will entertain YA Fantasy titles, but only if they are of
outstanding quality. Non-fiction titles written by authors with well established
platforms are always considered.
C. Hope Flinchbaugh: Senior
Editor for HigherLife Development Services
and founder of History Maker Publishing. Hope’s 3 novels and her nonfiction
book center on social justice issues and the persecuted church. She loves
writing for families and children and has been published by Focus on the Family,
God’s World for Children, Campus Life, and online magazines.
Daniel Gasteiger: Publishing
analyst who teaches technical concepts to
non-technical audiences. Author of more than 300 magazine articles and
6 books and a seasoned marketing professional, he enjoys teaching writers
how to optimize online opportunities.
Vie Herlocker: Editor for
Sonfire Media and author of numerous articles
in magazines and collection books. Former educator who co-authored a
book on improving schools and ghost-wrote Until My Blindfold Comes Off.
Bob Hostetler:
Author
of 20 nonfiction books, is also an editor,
pastor, and speaker. The award-winning Don’t Check Your Brains
at the Door (co-authored with Josh McDowell and re-released in
an updated version this year) and the novel, The Bone Box,
have sold over 3 million copies. Bob has won two Gold Medallion
Awards, three Ohio Associated Press awards, and an Amy Foundation Award.
Marsha Hubler:
Marsha, an educator for over 35 years, is the
author of the best-selling Keystone Stables Series. She has
experienced publishing success with poetry, short stories, articles,
and 13 books. Her most recent project is an Amish fiction series.
Marsha takes great pleasure in helping writers learn their craft.
Eddie Jones: Acquisition Editor for
Lighthouse Publishing, certified
Writers Coach, and award-winning author of 4 non-fiction books, a
young adult novel, a humorous romantic novel and more than 100
articles in over 20 different publications.
Joyce Magnin:
Joyce is the author of the popular and quirky Bright’s
Pond novels. Her first middle grade novel is scheduled for release from
Zonderkidz in August 2011. A conference speaker and writing instructor,
Joyce enjoys baseball, needle arts, video games, and cream soda but not
elevators—especially glass ones. Ask her about her children, grandsons,
Mango, her crazy cat, and her 80-year-old onion plant.
Jennifer Sands:
Dynamic speaker and author whose life
was dramatically
changed on 9/11 when her husband was killed in the World Trade Center
attacks. Jennifer has shared her story on The 700 Club, Hour of Power,
Moody Radio, and as a cover story in Homelife magazine as well as in
the 3 books she has written.
Montrose
Bible Conference 
Cindy Sproles: Editor for Christian Devotions. Also writes for
CBN.com, PML Programs, the Times-News.net, and Hometown
Christian News. Her devotions are published weekly in several
newspapers. Co-writes “He Said, She Said” devotions with Eddie Jones.
Les Stobbe: 
Carol Wedeven: Children’s author, MOPS speaker, improvisation
beginner who studies Webster, culls Roget, and mentors writers.
Currently working on a historical novel.
Conrad and Donna Krieger:
