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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dennis E. Hensley
Dennis is professor of English at Taylor University Fort Wayne, where he directs the professional writing major. His credits include 50 books and more than 3,000 newspaper and magazine articles. His books include The Power of Positive Productivity, More Than Meets the Eye, How to Write What You Love and Make a Living at It, Alpha Teach Yourself Grammar and Style in 24 Hours, and Man to Man. He is also a popular conference and corporate speaker and the liaison for Write-to-Publish college credit at Taylor.

PLENARY SPEAKER
Lawrence W. Wilson
Lawrence is editorial director at Wesleyan Publishing House and a former senior pastor. He is the author of A Different Kind of Crazy, Why Me?: Straight Talk about Suffering, and When Life Doesn’t Turn Out the Way You Expect. He also has ghostwritten, compiled, or edited numerous books; has published dozens of articles in Focus on the Family, Holiness Today, Wesleyan Life, and other magazines; and formerly wrote a syndicated newspaper column.

BANQUET SPEAKER
Jane A. Rubietta
Jane is the author of 11 books, including Come Closer, Resting Place, Grace Points, and Stones of Remembrance (with Dr. Lois Evans). She has written hundreds of magazine articles and is a contributing author for Indeed, Significant Living, and Today’s Christian Woman. She also is a speaker at conventions, retreats, and conferences. A Write-to-Publish alumnus, Jane says she owes her writing and speaking ministries to attending this conference.

WORSHIP AND DEVOTIONAL LEADERS
Michelle Rayburn
Michelle has ministered in music for many years, leading worship, playing piano, and writing songs. She has recorded a CD, His Autograph; and her writing has appeared in Wisconsin Christian News, Christian Communicator, Victory In Grace, and online. She speaks, sings, and leads worship at women’s events, MOPS meetings, conferences, and retreats.

Cynthia Ruchti
Cynthia has been writing and producing The Heartbeat of the Home radio ministry for 29 years. She also is editor of Backyard Friends, humor columnist for Afictionado e-zine, and columnist for Wisconsin Christian News. Her articles have also appeared in Christian Communicator, Marriage Partnership, Quality of Life Times, Victory In Grace, and the book Cup of Comfort for Writers. She speaks and sings for women’s groups and writers’ conferences.

FACULTY AND STAFF
Lynn Austin
Freelance writer
Jane Rubietta
Freelance writer, speaker
Stephanie Broene
Acquisitions editor, fiction
Tyndale House Publishers
Cynthia Ruchti
Worship leader,
freelance writer
Daniel Darling
Editor, Victory In Grace,
freelance Web designer
Betsy Schmitt
Director of new
product development,
The Livingstone Corporation
Athena Dean
Acquisitions editor,
WinePress Publishing Group
Jennifer Schuchmann
Freelance writer
Julie Dearyan
Senior editor,
Victory In Grace
Tammie Edington Shaw
Freelance writer
Joyce K. Ellis
Freelance editor and writer,
speaker,
former magazine editor
Peg Short
Editor-in-chief,
Significant Living
Jesse Florea
Editor, Clubhouse;
representative,
Focus on the Family magazines
Julie Smith
Managing editor, nonfiction,
Bethany House Publishers
Holley Gerth
Writer and creative manager,
DaySpring Cards
Jan Stob
Senior acquisitions editor,
Tyndale House Publishers
Rene Gutteridge
Freelance writer
Les Stobbe
Literary agent,
Leslie H. Stobbe Agency;
editor-in-chief,
Christian Writers Guild
Dennis E. Hensley
Freelance writer, speaker
Director of professional writing program,
Taylor University Fort Wayne
Letitia Suk
Chaplain
Dennis Hillman
Publisher, Kregel Publications
LaTonya Taylor
Editor,
InTeen, Young Adult Today,
Urban Ministries, Inc.
Rebecca Irwin-Diehl
Editor, Judson Press
Linda Taylor
Editorial director,
The Livingstone Corporation
Lin Johnson
Managing editor,
Advanced Christian Writer,
Christian Communicator,
Church Libraries
Travis Thrasher
Freelance writer,
former author relations director
Ginger Kolbaba
Managing editor,
Marriage Partnership
Katara A. Washington
Acquisitions director,
children and family,
Tyndale House Publishers
Steven Lawson
Senior editor, Regal Books
PeggySue Wells
Freelance writer and editor
Zena Dell Lowe
Producer, Skirt Films
W. Terry Whalin
Literary agent,
Whalin Literary Agency;
freelance writer
Judi A. Perry
Consumer product and
acquisitions editor,
Beacon Hill Press
Carla Williams
Editorial and publicity director,
WinePress Publishing Group
Ken Petersen
VP/director of publishing,
Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group
Lawrence W. Wilson
Editorial director,
Wesleyan Publishing House,
Light from the Word, Vista
Alison Phillips
Editor, InSite, CampSight
Stephanie McNelly
Special Projects Editor,
Credo editor,
Barefoot Ministries,
Nazarene Publishing House
Michelle Rayburn
Worship leader, freelance writer
Dawn Zemke
Associate editor,
Marriage Partnership,
Today’s Christian
JoHannah Reardon
Associate editor,
ChristianBibleStudies.com
Lora Zill
Editor, Time of Singing;
freelance writer
Bucky Rosenbaum
Literary agent,
Rosenbaum & Associates Literary Agency