Michelle Stimpson is an author, a speaker, and an educator who received her Bachelor of Science degree from Jarvis Christian College in 1994. She earned a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2002. She has had the pleasure of teaching elementary, middle, and high school as well as training adults. Michelle ministers through writing and public speaking. Her works include Boaz Brown, Divas of Damascus Road (National Bestseller), Breaking Bondage to Biscuits, and the 2008 releases, The Good Stuff and Trouble In My Way. Michelle lives near Dallas with her husband, their two teenage children, and one crazy dog.

Mary Russell Rogers is an award winning journalist and former newspaper columnist; She is a Texas-based storyteller whose narrative style cuts to the marrow making her character profiles, essays and memoirs throb with a universal truth. She was nine years old when she wrote her first story and she thought then that writing would be part of her life, but she had no idea where her stories would appear. Her most recent book is Dancing Naked: Memorable Encounters with Unforgettable Texans published in September 2008 by TCU Press. Mary lives in Fort Worth with her husband and two dogs, Mad Jack and Tiny Truman.