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