Faculty

Agents
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and what they will be doing at the conference.
Chart coming soon of genres they are interested in representing.
 

• Blythe Daniel – Agent, Blythe Daniel Agency; Author, Marketer
• Dr. Sharon Norris Elliott – Literary Agent, Founder/CEO, AuthorizeMe Literary Firm; Author; Editor; Speaker
• David Fessenden – Literary Agent, WordWise Media Services; Editorial Coordinator, CLC Publications; Author
• Linda S. Glaz – Owner, Agent, Linda S. Glaz Literary Agency; Author
• Kathy Green – Associate Literary Agent, Embolden Media Group; Author; Editor; Writing Coach
• Joylanda Jamison –  Associate Literary Agent, Embolden Media Group; Poet; Writer; Editor
• Michelle S. Lazurek – Literary Agent, WordWise Media Services; Award-winning Author; Speaker; Certified Writing Coach; Acquisitions Editor, Roaring Lion Publishers
• Tamela Hancock Murray – Literary Agent, The Steve Laube Agency; Author
• Mytecia R. Myles – Associate Literary Agent, Author Development & Publishing Consultant, Embolden Media Group; Author
• Karen Neumair – Chief Operating Officer and Senior Literary Agent, Credo Communications 
• Cheryl Ricker – Literary Agent, Dunamis Words; Author; Poet; Ghostwriter
   

Authors

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• Twila Belk – Author, Speaker, Editor, The Gotta Tell Somebody Gal – unable to be with us
• Terry Brennan – Award-Winning Author
• Beatrice Bruno – Speaker, Author, US Army Veteran, Drill Sergeant of Life
• Michele Chynoweth – Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Book Coach
• Rodney Combs – Author   NEW
• Melanie Dobson – Award-Winning Author
• Victoria Dorshorn – Author, Award-Winning Scriptwriter, WHAC Team
• Michael K. Gantt – Pastor, Author, Speaker, Monday Mornings with Mike Radio Host
• Krysten Lindsay Hager – Award-Winning Author, Blogger, and Podcast Guest Host on Michigan Avenue Media
• Dr. Evelyn Johnson-Taylor – Award-Winning Author, Writing Coach, Theology Professor
• Louise L. Looney – Award-Winning Author
• Ava Pennington – Author, Speaker, Freelance Editor, Certified Writing and Speaking Coach, WHAC Team
• Deborah Raney – Award-Winning Author, Teacher, Freelance Editor
• Tim Riter – Author, Pastor, Speaker, Teacher
• Robert N. Ruesch – Author, Speaker, Chaplain, Humorist
• David Sluka – Author
• Karen Whiting – Certified Writing/Marketing Coach with AWSA, Author, Speaker

Editors – Books

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and what they will be doing at the conference.
Chart of editorial needs coming soon.
 

• Marlene Bagnull – Publisher/Editor, Ampelos Press; Author; Speaker; Director, Write His Answer Ministries
• Amy Marie Bartlett – Managing Editor, Whitaker House; Author
• Larry A. Carpenter – Chairman and CEO, Christian Book Services, LLC; Carpenter’s Son Publishing; Clovercroft Publishing; Sports Publishing Group
• Tamara Clymer – President/CEO, CrossRiver Media Group; Author
• Cheri Cowell – Owner/Publisher, EABooks Publishing; Author
• Shane Crabtree –  COO, Christian Book Services, LLC
• Jane Daly – Acquisitions Editor, Elk Lake Publishing; Author
• Amy Deardon – Publisher, EBook Listing Services; Author
• Catherine DeVries – Publisher, Kregel Publications; Author
• Scoti Domeij – Publisher and Acquisitions Editor, Blackside Publishing; Editor and Contributing Writer, Havok Journal; Author; Editor; Gold Star Mom
• David Fessenden – Editorial Coordinator, CLC Publications; Literary Agent, WordWise Media Services; Author
• Rebecca Ford – Author Liaison, Acquisitions Editor, EABooks Publishing  
• Robin Grunder – Author, Ghostwriter, Managing Editor of Legacy Press Books
• Amanda Jenkins – Sales Manager, AMG Publishers
• Rachel Kirsch – Managing Editor, Kregel Publications
• Michael J. Klassen – President, Illumify Media Global; Author; Ghostwriter; Book Coach
• Catherine Lawton – Publisher/Editor, CLADACH Publishing; Author
• Michelle S. Lazurek – Acquisitions Editor, Roaring Lion Publishers; Literary Agent, WordWise Media Services; Author
• Dan Mawhinney - Owner, 40 Day Publishing; Author   NEW
• Karen McGraw – Editor, Tyndale House
• Edwina Perkins – Managing Editor, Harambee Press; Co-director and Mentoring Moments Coordinator, Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference; Advisory Board Member with Word Weavers International; Manager for Sensitivity Between the Lines
• Karen Porter – Co-owner, Bold Vision Books; International Retreat and Seminar Speaker; Speaking and Writing Coach; Author
• Dawn Stephens – Acquisitions Editor, EABooks Publishing; Children’s Book Expert
• James Watkins – Editor, Family & Friends Micro-Publishing; Author

Editors – Periodicals & Online Markets

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and what they are doing at the conference.
Chart of editorial needs coming soon.
 

• David Bennett – Managing Editor, HomeLife and Open Windows 
• Steve Bootsma – Executive Director, Calvinist Cadets; Editor, Cadet Quest Magazine
• Kara Bettis Carvalho – Ideas Editor, Christianity Today, Freelance Writer
• Lt. Colonel Lesa Davis – Editor in Chief, Salvation Army Publications
• Scoti Domei – Editor & Contributing Writer, Havok Journal
• Debbie Hardy – Representative, ChristianDevotions.us; Author; Speaker; CCWC Team
• Grace Kelley – Associate Editor, Focus on the Family Clubhouse and Clubhouse Jr. magazines
• Sherri Langton – Associate Editor, Bible Advocate magazine, Now What? e-zine; Freelance Writer
• Warren L. Maye – Editor in Chief, SAconnects; Author
• Evan Miller – Senior Editor, Guideposts
• Rachel Pfeiffer – Editor, Focus on the Family Clubhouse magazine; Contributing Editor, Focus on the Family Clubhouse Jr.
• Marti Pieper – Senior Editor, Charisma Media; Author; Collaborative Writer; Editor; WHAC Team – unable to be with us
• Rhonda Robinson – Parenting Content Producer, Focus on the Family unable to be with us
• Olivia Scherzer – Assistant Editor, Peer Magazine
• Linda Evans Shepherd – Publisher, Leading Hearts Magazine and Arise Daily; CEO Advanced Writers & Speakers Association (AWSA); Founder, Arise Esther Movement; Award-Winning, Best-Selling Author; Speaker 
   

Other Professionals

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and what they will be doing at the conference.
 

• Debbie Maxwell Allen – Award-Winning Author, Scrivener and Vellum Expert
• Darrell Goemaat – Photo Director, Regular Baptist Ministries
• Catherine Jacobs – Author, Illustrator, Teaching Artist, WHAC Team
• Ken Raney – Author, Illustrator
• Jonathan Shank – CEO, Celebration Web Design
• Patti Shene – Writer; Blogger; Podcaster, Step Into the Light
• Thomas Umstattd Jr. – Podcast Host, Novel Marketing Podcast, Christian Publishing Show, AuthorMedia.com; Award-Winning Speaker; Author
   

WHAC Team

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and what they will be doing at the conference.
 

• Donna DeLoretto Brennan – Author
• Victoria Dorshorn – Author, Award-Winning Scriptwriter
• Barb Haley – Conference Registrar and Appointments Coordinator, Author, Freelance Editor
• Debbie Hardy – Representative, ChristianDevotions; Author; Speaker
• Catherine Jacobs – Author, Illustrator, Teaching Artist
• Ava Pennington – Author, Bible Study Fellowship Teacher, Speaker, Certified Writing and Speaking Coach
• Marti Pieper – Senior Editor, Charisma Media; Author; Collaborative Writer; Editor
• J. Chris Richards – Conference Bookstore, Author, Speaker, Editor, Writing Coach
• Roy Richards – Conference Bookstore
• Tabatha Scheffler – Writer, Counselor, Tech Crew Captain
• Joy A. Schneider – Author
• Laura Shaffer – Prayer Coordinator; Blogger, Daily Bible Prayer; Author
• Eric Sprinkle – Founder, Adventure Experience; Speaker; 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 – conferee from Aurora, Colorado