Marlene always provides a spiritual atmosphere
as well as practical courses and invites an excellent faculty.
Cec Murphey
Literary Agents - Click here for bios & what they are interested in representing
David Fessenden - Literary Agent, WordWise Media Services; Author- Diana Flegal - Literary Agent, Hartline Literary Agency
- Tessa Emily Hall – Associate Agent, Hartline Literary Agency; Author
- Karen E. Neumair – Senior Literary Agent, Credo Communications LLC
- Les Stobbe - President, Leslie H. Stobbe Literary Agency
- Cyle Young - Literary Agent, Hartline Literary Agency; Author
Other Professionals - Click here for bios and how they can help you
- Sarah Bolme – Director of Christian Small Publishers Association (CSPA), Owner Crest Publications, Author
- Christy Distler – Author; Editor/Proofreader for two CBA publishing houses; Editor, Aspire Editing Services
- Maurice M. Gray Jr. – Author, Editor, Proofreader Write The Vision Inc.
- John David Kudrick – Freelance Book Editor with two decades of editorial/writing experience
- Angela Schans – Author, Social Media Network Coach
- Patti Shene – Step Into the Light Blog Talk Radio – NEW!
- D. J. Williams – Executive Producer, Director, Author
Editors - Click here for bios, editorial needs, and what they are doing at the conference
- Debbie Maxwell Allen – Project Manager, Good Catch Publishing; Scrivener Expert; Author
- Susan Baganz – Editor, Pelican Book Group - unable to come
- Marlene Bagnull – Publisher and editor, Ampelos Press; Author
- Cherrilyn Bisbano – Speaker; Teacher; Writer; Managing Editor, Almost an AuthorA3; Coach, The Write Path Coaching; Christian Leaders Institute-certified; Submissions Reader for Cyle Young of Hartline Literary Agency
- Beth Brubaker – Assistant Editor, Ruby for Women magazine
- Larry Carpenter – President & CEO of Christian Book Services, LLC, Carpenter’s Son Publishing, and Clovercroft Publishing
- Terrence Clark – Founder & Chief Editor, The Glory Cloud Publications, LLC and Voice of One CNC magazine; creator of ClubK4C; Author; Cartoonist
- Tamara Clymer – Founder & Publisher, CrossRiver Media Group; Award-winning Television and Newspaper Journalist; Speaker
- Krystalyn Davis – Founder & Editor, The Family Life Project (a virtual community resource center); Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Amy Deardon – Publisher, Taegais Publishing LLC; Author
- Scoti Domeij – Acquisitions Editor, Blackside Publishing; Director, Springs Writers
- David Fessenden – Publisher, Honeycomb House Publishing LLC
- Deb Haggerty – Publisher, Elk Lake Publishing, Inc.
- Tessa Emily Hall – YA Acquisitions Editor for Illuminate YA (LPC Books imprint), Founder/Editor of PursueMagazine.net, Associate Agent at Hartline Literary Agency; Author
- Debbie Hardy – Representative, ChristianDevotions.us; Author; Speaker; Queen of Resilience
- Rowena Kuo – CEO, Executive Editor of Brimstone Fiction; Development Executive Producer, Lighthouse Productions of the Carolinas Media Group
- Beth Patch – Senior Producer and Internet Acquisitions Editor for CBN.com
- Cheryl Price – Editor at Large, Urban Ministries (UMI)
- Chris Richards – General Editor and Representative, Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas; Founder, WAY – Words & Youth; Author
- Jillian Schlossberg – Acquisitions Editor, Tyndale House Publishers
- Linda Evans Shepherd – Publisher, Jubilant Press, Leading Hearts e-magazine and Right to the Heart of Women e-zine; Founder, Right to the Heart of Women and AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association); Author; Speaker
- Steven Spatz – President, BookBaby; Writer; Marketer
- Bill Watkins – Senior Editor, BroadStreet Publishing Group; President, Literary Solutions; Author
- W. Terry Whalin – Acquisitions Editor, Morgan James Publishing; Author
- Janis Whipple – Author Relations Manager, EABooks Publishing; Freelance Book Editor; Writing Coach
- Karen Whiting – Representative, Book Fun Magazine and Kids Ark Magazine; Author
- Jeanette Windle – Representative, Kregel Publications; Author
Authors – Click here for bios and what they are doing at the conference
- Dr. Harold L. Arnold, Jr. – Founder of The Pursuit of Influence, Author
- Verna Bowman – Speaker, Author
- Terry Brennan – Author, Carol Award Winner
- Michele Chynoweth – Award-winning Author, Speaker, Editor, Marketing Expert, Book Coach
- Rob Cook – Author, Pastor, Founder of 252 Underground Youth Ministries
- Pierre Eade – Pastor of Outreach, Small Goups, and Men's Ministry; Coach; Speaker; Writer
- Lynn Eib – Speaker, Tyndale Author, former award-winning Newspaper Journalist
- Andrea Gadson – Freelance Writer; Blogger; Entrepreneur, The SurrenderedPen
- Michael Gantt – Pastor, Blogger, Speaker, active in international ministry for over 20 years
- Barb Haley – Author; GPCWC Conference Registrar, Appointments Coordinator, Bookstore Manager
- Al Janssen – Author, Speaker, Pastor
- Kevin Wayne Johnson – Pastor, Author, Writing for the Lord Ministries
- Robert LaCosta – Author, Songwriter, Speaker
- Peter Lundell, D.Miss. – Pastor, Bible College Instructor, Author
- Susan Lyttek – Author, award-winning Writer, Blogger, Writing Coach for homeschool students
- Dale McElhinney – Author, Psychologist
- Gayle Roper – Winner of a RITA Award, a Carol Award, and a three time Christy finalist
- Kathryn Ross – Author; Speaker; Dramatist; Owner, Pageant Wagon Publishing
- Tim Shoemaker – Full-time Author and Speaker since 2004
My life is STILL being touched every day by the Philly conference.
I am writing more, and with a greater sense of purpose,
yet with no concern or worries about my writing
as I know God will use me and what I write
as He sees fit.
Thom Smith, conferee from New Hampshire
