Jennifer Hander, Author of A Place of Peace
In 2005, Jennifer Hander suffered the greatest loss a mother can endure—the loss of her child. Yet as a woman of faith, Jennifer overcame her immense despair to reclaim an extraordinary life, and she now devotes herself to inspiring others. Jennifer is the author of A Place of Peace and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University. She resides in North Texas with her husband and two children.

Darryl K. Johnson has been an educator, lecturer and inspirational speaker for more than 15 years. He has consulted with educational systems nationally, and has presented “The Inner-Self” model to a myriad of schools and businesses throughout the country. He has a BA from Texas Southern University and a M.Ed. from Kent State University. He presently resides in Dallas, Texas, administrating his leadership module. His published manuscript, “The Inner-Self” is his first of a seven-part series.

Pam Garcy, PhD, is the Dallas Morning News Local Best-Selling Author of The Power of Inner Guidance: Seven Steps to Tune In and Turn On. Practicing psychology in Dallas since 1996, Garcy also serves on the adjunct faculty of Argosy and UT Southwestern. Garcy lives with her husband, local marathoner Dr. Roger Clifford, and their three children in Plano. You can learn more about her book and leadership training workshops at http://www.myinnerguide.com
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Ralph Champion earned a B.A. degree at the University of Alabama in 1960. He was a business computer programmer in Texas for four years. For the last thirty-six years he taught computer programming at colleges in North Carolina and Texas. He earned an MBA degree at UTD in 1979. He has published programming books and history books. As an Aquarius, he is interested in “what make people tick”! His featured book: From History to Genealogy plus DNA.

Sue Adkins is an author of Children books with music, a playwright and actress. She is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University and Southern Methodist University Graduate School. Henry O. was born in Terrell, Texas and Sue is from South Dallas. They have three children and live in Plano, Texas.

Henry O. Adkins is an author, inspirational speaker, musician, artist, college professor, and public administrator, who for the last thirty years has worked with the community in Human Services. Henry O. from Plano believes that his greatest job has been raising the children God entrusted to him.

Carolyn Cochran took Rica Garcia’s creative writing classes at Richland College from 2000 to 2006. She collected poem and short stories about her childhood in her home town in the thirties and forties from her classes and created this book. The late JoeTomlincon, artist and architect, illustrated them with dry brush water color paintings. Read and revisit joyful experiences from your childhood.

Eddie Gresham was born on October 27, 1968 in Springfield, Illinois. As a child, he dreamed of a life as a major league baseball player. A devastating knee injury in high school threatened to end the dream, but Eddie worked hard to make a full recovery, and was able to extend his career to the collegiate level. He hung up the cleats for good after his senior year at Saint Louis University, and depending on which day you ask him, he will tell you that he went undrafted due to either the knee injury or just a blatant lack of talent.
Gresham graduated with a degree in Computer Science, and went forth into the world of Information Technology. He worked for IBM and Niborex, Inc., before becoming an independent Networking Consultant. After working and traveling in separate states for several years, he and his wife moved to Texas. There, Eddie took some time off from consulting and began writing his first novel, FOOTFALLS. He and his wife, Stacy, currently live in Plano, TX, with their lovable pets.

Phong Le is Co-founder and former Director of the North Texas Enterprise Center for Medical Technology (NTEC). He has continued interest in leading-edge technologies including the life sciences sectors of medical devices, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. In addition to his regular activities, Phong is involved with the Center for Space Nuclear Research and various volunteer projects including the Prison Entrepreneurship Program. Phong received a Master of Science in Science and Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin. Book Title: LIVING IN PARADOX, Perspectives of a Refugee Made in America

Katherine Smith is formerly the host of a syndicated morning radio show with ABC Radio Networks, Inc. and launched TomKat Productions, LLC. She has articles publish domestically and internationally for several magazine and newspapers and is the author of The Naked Author, The Book Seller’s List and Publishing Step by Step. Kat maintain memberships with Writer's Block, Inc. writers group in Dallas, Writer’s Guild of Texas and The Screen Actors Guild (SAG). www.kat-smith.biz

Gwen Workman: In her own words: “In this picture I am (in red) with my illustrator Robert, and a friend. I have written the Cooky Journal with is stories of what happen when you share or give away a cookie. For every cookie I talk about, I give you the recipe. Sharing life's lessons and a cookie. I have written three children’s' books and am working on number four. Magnus the Troll is the first one to be published. The next, Magnus meets Peder's Cousins will be out in time for Christmas buying. I own a Scandinavian store, Wooden Spoon in Plano. My grandchildren and my heritage have inspired me to write.”