Agents
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- Stephanie Alton – Literary Agent, The Blythe Daniel Agency, Inc.; Director of the agency’s blog network, BlogAbout
- Dan Balow – Literary Agent, The Steve Laube Agency; CEO and Publisher, Gilead Publishing
- Blythe Daniel – President, Literary Agent, and Marketer, The Blythe Daniel Agency, Inc.
- Tessa Emily Hall – Assistant to Cyle Young, Hartline Literary Agency; Founder/Editor, PursueMagazine.net; YA Acquisitions Editor, Illuminate YA (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas Imprint); Author
- Nick Harrison – Literary Agent, WordServe Literary; Author
- Abby Rodriguez – Assistant to Sally Apokedak, Apokedak Literary Agency
Authors
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- Dianne E. Butts – Freelance Writer, Author, Speaker, Screenwriter
- Robert Cook – Author; Pastor; Founder, 252 Underground Youth Ministry
- Lynn Eib – Speaker, Tyndale House Author, former award-winning Newspaper Journalist
- Michael Gantt – Pastor, Author, Blogger, Speaker, Active in international ministry for over 20 years
- Darcie Gudger – YA Author; Adjunct Instructor, Casper College; Co-founder/leader WY Write
- Barb Haley – Author, Registrar, Appointments Coordinator, Bookstore Manager
- K. L. Kandel – Pen name for four sisters: Kris Kandel Schwambach, Karen Kandel Kizlin, Kathie Kandel Poe, and Linda Kandel Mason ; Authors, Speakers
- Louise L. Looney – Author, Speaker
- Peter Lundell D.Miss. – Pastor, Bible College Instructor, Author
- Paula Moldenhauer – Author, Speaker
- Ava Pennington – Author, Bible Study Fellowship Teacher, Speaker, Co-captain Appointment Desk – Unable to come
- Deborah Raney – Award-winning Author
- J. Chris Richards - Author, Speaker, Editor, Writing Coach
- Shelley Ring – Author, Speaker
- Carol Round – Author, Self-Syndiated Christian Columnist; Inspirational Speaker
- Robert Ruesch – Author, Chaplain with Christian Resort Ministries
- David Rupert – Award-Winning Corporate Communicator; Journalist; Ghost-writer; Speaker; Founder, Writers on the Rock; Featured Writer at Patheos Evangelical
- Tim Shoemaker – Full-time Author and Speaker since 2004
- Eric Sprinkle – Founder, Adventure Experience; Speaker; Author
- Charlie Wolcott – Author, Speaker, Christian Apologetic
- Erin Taylor Young – Award-Winning Author; Co-Creator, Write from the Deep with Karen Ball
Editors
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and their editorial needs.
Books
- Debbie Maxwell Allen – Project Manager, Good Catch Publishing; Scrivener Expert; Author
- Susan Baganz – Editor, Pelican Book Group (White Rose Publishing, Harborlight Books, Watershed Books, Pure Amore, and Prism Book Group); Author
- Marlene Bagnull – Publisher/Editor, Ampelos Press; Author; Speaker; Director, Colorado & Greater Philly Christian Writers Conferences
- Dan Balow – CEO and Publisher, Gilead Publishing; Literary Agent, The Steve Laube Agency
- Steve Barclift – Managing Editor, Kregel Publications; Children’s Author
- Tamara Clymer – Publisher, CrossRiverMedia; Speaker, award-winning Television and Newspaper Journalist
- Cheri Cowell – Owner and Publisher of EABooks Publishing, Author
- Scoti Domeij – Acquisitions Editor, Blackside Publishing; Director, Springs Writers
- Jesse Doogan – Acquisitions Editor, Children and Youth, Tyndale House Publishers
- Judy Dunagan – Acquisitions Editor, Moody Publishers
- Tessa Emily Hall – YA Acquisitions Editor, Illuminate YA (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas Imprint); Founder/Editor, PursueMagazine.net; Assistant to Cyle Young, Hartline Literary Agency; Author
- Eddie Jones – Founder and CEO, Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas; Author
- Rowena Kuo – CEO and Executive Editor, Brimstone Fiction; Development Executive Producer, Lighthouse Productions of the Carolinas (LPC) Media Group
- Catherine Lawton – Publisher/Editor, Cladach Publishing; Author
- Linda Evans Shepherd – Publisher, Jubilant Press, Leading Hearts Magazine, and Arise Daily e-devotional; President, Right to the Heart of Women; Founder and Diretor, AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association); Author; Speaker
- Jennifer Slattery – Managing and Acquiring Editor, Guiding Light Women’s Fiction, Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas; Author
- Bill Watkins – Senior Editor, BroadStreet Publishing Group; President, Literary Solutions; Author
- W. Terry Whalin – Acquisitions Editor, Morgan James Publishing; Author
Periodicals & Online Markets
- Terrence Clark – Founder & Chief Editor, The Glory Cloud Publications, LLC and Voice of One CNC magazine; creator of ClubK4C; Author; Cartoonist
- Tessa Emily Hall – Founder/Editor, PursueMagazine.net; YA Acquisitions Editor, Illuminate YA (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas Imprint); Assistant to Cyle Young, Hartline Literary Agency; Author
- Debbie Hardy – Representative, ChristianDevotions.us; Author; Speaker; Queen of Resilience
- Sherri Langton – Associate Editor, Bible Advocate and Now What? e-zine; Freelance Writer
- Rick Marschall – Editor, Innovative Health Magazine; Author
- Beth Patch – Senior Producer and Internet Acquisitions Editor for CBN.com
- Marti Pieper – Online Editor, SpiritLed Woman; Author; Editor; Collaborator; Co-captain, Appointment Desk
- Lt. Colonel Allen Satterlee – Editor-in-Chief and National Literary Secretary, The Salvation Army National Publications War Cry and Young Salvationist; Author
- Linda Evans Shepherd – Publisher, Jubilant Press, Leading Hearts Magazine, and Arise Daily, e-devotional; President, Right to the Heart of Women; Founder and Director, AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association); Author; Speaker
- Craig von Buseck – Senior Editor, Inspiration.org; Author
Other Professionals
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- Brian Bird – Screenwriter, Producer
- Dick Bruso – International Speaker; Author; Branding/Marketing Expert; Founder, Heard Above the Noise®
- Roy Hanschke – KPOF radio personality, Speaker Coach, Author
- Sarah Holman – Founder and Administrator, HomeschooledAuthors.com; Author
- Cindy Lambert – Publishing Strategist, Somersault Group™; Author; Collaborative Writer
- Dave Lambert – Editorial Director, Somersault™, a publishing services bureau; Author
- Ken Raney – President, Raney Day Press and Clash Creative, a producer of illustration and graphic design; Author; Illustrator
- Andy Scheer – Freelance Book Editor
- Becky Spencer – Author; Speaker; Songwriter; Worship Leader; Co-Founder & Executive Director, Grand Staff Ministries
- Shirley Taylor - Owner, Photographer, Main FOcus Photography
