Category: YA Authors

MEET YA AUTHORS | Lydia and Heather Munn

Why do you write the kind of books you do? Heather: I wrote How Huge the Night for my Mom, at least at first. It did come to be very rewarding because I like to write about people who are up against more than they can handle & who have to let go of the [...]

MEET YA AUTHORS | Jan Kern

Jan, describe yourself for our visitors. I enjoy trying anything new, from painting and photography to exploring a new road or an area of the country I’ve never been to. Though I’m not a super extrovert, I love bringing people in on my adventures . . . or joining them on theirs. I’m passionate about [...]

MEET YA AUTHORS | Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt

Ladies, describe yourself for our visitors. May: I’m just a Southern girl from the Panhandle of Florida who loves cooking, writing, and singing old hymns at the top of my lungs. I have a funny little Chihuahua that I dress in sweaters and right now I’m busy planning a wedding. Anne: I’m from California, and [...]

MEET YA AUTHORS | Shelley Adina

Shelley, describe yourself for our visitors. I’ve been a writer all my life. I remember being about five and sitting at the kitchen table, drawing wavy lines in a copybook and proudly showing my “writing” to my mom. She’s still my biggest fan I grew up on the beautiful west coast of Canada, then moved [...]

MEET YA AUTHORS | Robert Elmer

Robert, describe yourself for our visitors. I’ve been writing books for the past 14 years. My first novel for young readers, A Way Through the Sea, came out in 1994. Before that, I’d been a newspaper editor, reporter, assistant pastor, and advertising writer. I went to school at Simpson Bible College in San Francisco, where [...]

MEET YA AUTHORS | Bryan Davis

 Bryan, describe yourself for our visitors. I am a left-brained computer geek who searched through the dust and cobwebs in the other side of his brain to locate the fires of creativity. I found only a feeble spark, and it needed a great deal of nurturing, so I searched on for a place to make [...]

MEET YA AUTHORS | Brittney L. Holmes

Brittney, describe yourself for our visitors. I consider myself to be a typical 18-year-old young woman. I like to sing, dance, read; write poetry, short stories, and novels; hang out with my friends, shop until I can literally shop no more, and talk on the phone. I love music, mostly R&B, Jazz, and Gospel because [...]

BLOG TOUR | My Life Unscripted

Tricia, describe yourself for our visitors. I am a fun wife, mom, children’s church leader, mentor and writer. I love Contempory Christian Music like Third Day, Superchic[k], Shaun Groves, Casting Crowns, etc. I teach Bible studies at my church and I put on Bible costumes to make the Bible come alive for kids.

MEET YA AUTHORS | Fon James

Fon, describe yourself for our visitors. My name is Fon James and I am often described as a fun-loving person! I am a wife, sister, daughter, author, and an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis in journalism, and a MBA.  [...]

MEET YA AUTHORS | Brittney Holmes

Brittney, describe yourself for our visitors. I am currently a senior at Redan High School, where I am actively involved in various activities. I love to read, write, sing, dance, and I enjoy spending time with my friends. I like music that has meaning or a message within its lyrics. I usually find myself enjoying [...]