Faculty

Agents
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• Stephanie Alton – Literary Agent and Marketer, The Blythe Daniel Agency, Inc. 
• Dr. Sharon Norris Elliott – Literary Agent, AuthorizeMe; Christian Broadcaster, Life That Matters; Author; Speaker, Licensed Minister
• David E. Fessenden – Literary Agent, WordWise Media Services; Editorial Coordinator, CLC Publications; Publisher & Proprietor, Honeycomb House Publishing LLC; Author
• Michelle S. Lazurek – Literary Agent, WordWise Media Services; Author; Speaker; Certified Writing Coach
• Mytecia Myles – Literary Agent
• Karen Neumair – Senior Literary Agent and Chief Operating Officer, Credo Communications 
   

Authors
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• Beatrice Bruno – Speaker, Author, US Army Veteran, Drill Sergeant of Life
• Sara Brunsvold – Christy Award-winning Author
• Dianne E. Butts – Author, Screenwriter, Speaker
• Emily Chase – Award-winning Author
• Damola Curtis – Regular contributor to Substack, WHAC Team
• Mike Dellosso – Author, Ghostwriter, Coach
• Victoria Dorshorn – Author, Award-winning Scriptwriter
• Michael K. Gantt – Pastor, Author, Speaker, Monday Mornings with Mike Radio Host
• Dr. William A. Gray – Author, Educator
• Faith Ijiga – Nigerian Author of political and military thrillers, Founder of Christian Writers and Readers Club, Host of Christian Readers Community Podcast
• Kristen Lindsay Hager – Author
• Susan A. Massey – Author, Speaker, Academic Librarian
• Janet McHenry – Inspirational Author and Speaker, Writers’ Coach, Editor
• DiAnn Mills – Bestselling Author
• Charles Patricoff – Author
• Ava Pennington – Author, Bible Study Fellowship Teacher, Speaker, Freelance Editor, Certified Writing and Speaking Coach, WHAC Team
• Marti Pieper – Author, Collaborative Writer, Editor, WHAC Team 
• Sandy Kirby Quandt – Award-winning Freelance Writer
• Penny Reeve – Award-winning Australian Author
• Tim Riter – Author, Pastor, Speaker, Teacher
• Lori Stanley Roeleveld – Award-winning Author, Speaker, Certified Writing Coach
• Robert N. Ruesch – Author, Speaker, Chaplain, Humorist
• George Hancock Stephan – Author, Pastor, Professor
• James Watkins – Author, Book Doctor
• PeggySue Wells – Award-winning USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author
• Karen Whiting – Certified Writing/Marketing Coach with AWSA, Author, Speaker
   

Editors – Books
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• Marlene Bagnull – Publisher/Editor, Ampelos Press; Author; Speaker; Director, Write His Answer Ministries
• James Burd Brewster – President, J2B Publishing; Author
• Tamara Clymer – President/CEO, CrossRiver Media Group; Author
• Cheri Cowell – EABooks Publishing, Author
• Shane Crabtree – COO, Christian Book Services, LLC
• Amy Deardon – Publisher, EBook Listing Services; Award-winning Novelist and Nonfiction Author
• David E. Fessenden – Editorial Coordinator, CLC Publications; Publisher & Proprietor, Honeycomb House Publishing LLC; Literary Agent, WordWise Media Services; Author
• Liana George – Co-owner, Operations Manager, Marketing Director, Scrivenings Press; Author; Speaker
• Virginia Grounds – Self-publishing Coach and Publisher, Breakthrough Christian Publishing; Award-winning Author; Speaker; Bible Study Teacher
• Robin Grunder – Executive Editor, Legacy Press; Award-winning Author; Ghostwriter
• Amanda Jenkins – Sales Manager, AMG Publishers
• Jason William Karpf – Marketing Director and Acquisitions Editor, Speculative Fiction, Elk Lake Publishing Inc.; Marketing and  Media Professor at Christian Universities; Christian Sci-fi Author 
• Rowena Kuo – CEO, Executive Editor, Executive Producer, Brimstone Fiction, Brimstone Books and Media, Brimstone Fire; Author; Web Talk Show Host, Don’t Be Cinderella
• Carolyn Mandarano – Editor, Guideposts Books
• Edwina Perkins – Managing Editor, Harambee Press, an imprint of End Game Press; Co-Director, Blue Ridge Mountains Writers Conference; Manager, Sensitivity Between the Lines
• David Seid – Co-founder, Minibuk
• Dawn Stephens – Owner and Publisher, EABooks Publishing; Award-winning Author; Illustrator; Educator
   

Editors – Periodicals & Online Markets
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• Michelle Adserias – Editor, Today’s Christian Living; Author
• David Bennett – Managing Editor of HomeLife, the flagship magazine of Lifeway Christian Resources, and Open Windows; Author
• Steve Bootsma – Executive Director, Calvinist Cadets; Editor, Cadet Quest Magazine
• Annette Marie Griffin – Acquisitions Editor, StarLight; Author; Speaker; Teacher
• Debbie Hardy – Representative, ChristianDevotions.us; Author; Speaker
• Sherri Langton – Associate Editor, Bible Advocate magazine and Now What? e-zine; Freelance Writer
• Jeanette Littleton – Editor, Standard and Indian Life; Author; Coordinater, Heart of America Christian Writers Network 
• Carolyn Mandarano – Senior Managing Editor, Guideposts magazine, Angels on Earth, Mysterious Ways
• Rhonda Robinson – Managing Editor, Focus on the Family’s Parenting and Marriage web content; Award-winning Author; Speaker
• Linda Evans Shepherd – Publisher, Leading Hearts Magazine and Arise Daily; CEO Advanced Writers & Speakers Association (AWSA); Founder, Arise Esther Movement; Award-winning, Bestselling Author; Speaker 
• Dr. Mel Tavares – Managing & Acquisitions Editor of Devotions, AriseDaily.com; Writing Coach/Mentor; Author 
   

Other Professionals
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• Sandy Austin – Founder, B.I.O.N.I.C (Believe It Or Not I Care); Author
• Alice Crider – Founder, The Ink Well Collective; Author; Coach, Editor
• Marty Goetz – Modern Day Psalmist
• Joleen Graumann – Public Relations Director, Christian Editors Association; Teaches developmental editing, PEN Institute; Worship Leader; Bible Study Leader
• Catherine Jacobs – Author, Children’s Book Illustrator, Speaker, Teaching Artist
• Tammy Karasek – Launch Team Geek, Fiction Writer, Speaker
• Cindy Lambert – Collaborative Writer, Author, Speaker
• Dave Lambert – Editorial Director, Lambert Editorial; Author
• Awiri Emmanuel Onyebuchi – Audio Producer, Multi-instrumentalist, and founder of G LIGHTUP 360 Media based in Lagos, Nigeria
• Beth Patch – Editorial Manager, CBN.com’s Daily Devotionals 
• Jonathan Shank – CEO, Celebration Web Design
• Thomas Umstattd Jr. – Podcast Host, Novel Marketing Podcast, Christian Publishing Show, AuthorMedia.com; Speaker; Author

WHAC Team
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• Marilyn K. Blair – Author
• Beatrice Bruno – Speaker, Author, US Army Veteran, Drill Sergeant of Life
• Donna DeLoretto Brennan – Author, Conference Registrar
• Damola Curtis – Regular contributor to Substack, Conference PR
• Amy Deardon – Publisher, EBook Listing Services; Award-winning Novelist and Nonfiction Author; Appointments Coordinator
• Victoria Dorshorn – Author, Award-Winning Scriptwriter
• Catherine Jacobs – Author, Illustrator, Teaching Artist
• Ava Pennington –  Author, Bible Study Fellowship Teacher, Speaker, Freelance Editor, Certified Writing and Speaking Coach
• Marti Pieper – Author, Collaborative Writer, Editor
• J. Chris Richards – Author, Speaker, Editor, Writing Coach
• Roy Richards – Virtual Studio
• Tabatha Scheffler – Writer, Counselor, Tech Crew Captain
• Joy A. Schneider – Author
• Laura Shaffer – Prayer Coordinator; Blogger, Daily Bible Prayer; Author
   

It has been years since I attended my first writer’s conference in Estes Park.
The 2021 virtual conference fanned the embers;
I was encouraged and inspired.
I also learned how much more I need to learn
to improve my writing for Jesus.

Stephanie Hanouw – Aurora, Colorado