An Amish quote says, “A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of things.” Consider these women as part of virtual friendship circle. We have a seat for you, too, as we gather together and chat about home, community, faith, and food.
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Carey Bailey‘s husband describes her as a woman who loves to dance around the living room in her pj’s, loves Blue Bell Pralines and Cream ice cream, loves her kids, and loves Jesus! This fun-loving mother of two also has a passion for helping fellow women discover ways to create a powerful relationship with Christ. She is the author of Cravings, an innovative forty-day devotional for busy moms that allows them to draw closer to the Lord in the midst of busyness. And the bonus is that is comes with a zero-calorie cupcake.
Visit Carey’s blog, Cravings, and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
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Lisa Bogart. Midwesterner turned Californian. Graphic designer turned author. Young wife turned married lady of 25 years. Stay-at-home-mom turned empty-nester. Lisa is a movie-loving, book-reading, sweater-knitting, cookie-baking, world-traveling woman. She won the Guideposts Writers Workshop in 2010. She works three days a week at Piedmont Yarn in Oakland, CA. Lisa loves nothing better than writing all morning, knitting all afternoon, and watching a movie with hubby in the evening.
You can find her online at her website, or connect with her on Facebook and Ravelry.
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Vannetta Chapman writes inspirational fiction full of grace. She has published more than one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving more than two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfather’s birthplace of Albion, Pennsylvania. Her first novel, A Simple Amish Christmas, quickly became a bestseller. She now writes Amish fiction for Abingdon Press, Zondervan, and Harvest House. Chapman lives in the Texas hill country with her husband.
Visit Vannetta’s blog, and connect with her on Facebook and Pinterest.
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Amy Clipston is the author of the bestselling Kauffman Amish Bakery novels. She has a degree in communications from Virginia Wesleyan College and currently works for the City of Charlotte, North Carolina. Amy lives with her husband, two sons, mother, and four spoiled rotten cats.
Visit Amy’s blog, and connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.
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Valerie Comer is a fiction author and a blogger where food meets faith. She and her husband of over 30 years farm, garden, and keep bees on a small farm in Western Canada, where they grow much of their own food, preserving vast amounts of it by canning, freezing, and dehydrating. She believes taking good care of both the planet and her family is an act of worship and thankfulness to God the Creator. Valerie writes contemporary romantic fiction (such as Rainbow’s End–Barbour, 2012) as a natural offshoot of her passions.
Visit Valerie’s blog and website, and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
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Marie is a registered dietitian with a master of arts in physical education/cardiac rehab. She’s a happily married, homeschooling mom of four who enjoys gardening, cooking, reading, and writing about food, nutrition, and health issues.
Visit Marie’s blog, Healthy Ideas Place, and connect with her on Pinterest.
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Christy is a writer and pastor’s wife in Kalispell, Montana. She is also the mother of a daughter in college and a son in high school.
Read her personal blog, or connect with her on Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Leslie Gould is the award-winning author of fifteen novels, including the #1 bestseller and Christy Award winner The Amish Midwife, co-written with Mindy Starns Clark. Her latest release is Courting Cate, a retelling of the “Taming of the Shrew,” the first in The Courtships of Lancaster County series.
Leslie received her master of fine arts in creative writing from Portland State University in 2009 and has taught fiction as an adjunct professor at Multnomah University. She, her husband, Peter, and their four children live in Portland, Oregon.
Visit her at her website, and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
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ricia GoyerTricia is the author of more than 30 books and has published more than 500 articles for national publications such as Focus on the Family, Today’s Christian Woman, and HomeLife Magazine.
She won the Historical Novel of the Year award in both 2005 and 2006 from American Christian Fiction Writers, and was honored with the Writer of the Year award from Mt. Hermon Writer’s Conference in 2003. Tricia’s book Life Interrupted was a finalist for the Gold Medallion Book Award in 2005. Tricia’s co-written novel, The Swiss Courier, was a nominee for the Christy Awards.
Visit Tricia’s blog, It’s Real Life, and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
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Shelley is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than fifteen Amish-themed novels for Avon Inspire.
Visit Shelley’s website and connect with her on Facebook.
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Amy Lillard is an award winning author who loves reading romance novels from Amish to contemporary. These two genres meet in her debut novel, Saving Gideon. Born and bred in Mississippi, she now lives in Oklahoma with her husband and their son. She loves to hear from readers and can be reached at amylillard@hotmail.com.
Visit Amy’s blog, and connect with her via Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
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Caitlin Wilson is the founder and editor of Re-Mix-Her, a personal-style and fashion blog. Caitlin graduated with a degree in professional writing, with concentrations in public relations and Biblical languages, from Taylor University. She works at Litfuse Publicity Group as the Chick of All Trades (social media coordinator and publicity assistant), and she also works as a freelance writer and editor. When she isn’t found browsing Pinterest at a local coffee shop (with an iced coffee in hand), she’s either shopping, thrifting, or hanging out with family and friends.
Visit her blog, Re-Mix-Her, or connect with Caitlin on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
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Elizabeth Byler Younts used to be Amish, and even after her family left the Amish faith, she still grew up among the Amish community. Her parents worked really hard at keeping that relationship for their family. She is still very close with them and still speaks Pennsylvania Dutch regularly. She is the author of an Amish memoir titled Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl. Seasons is the story of her grandmother Lydia Lee Coblentz who grew up in an impoverished Amish family through the Great Depression. Seasons was released in August 2011 and quickly became an Amazon bestseller in three categories. Elizabeth is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers. She is an Air Force Officer’s wife with two young daughters and makes her home wherever her family is stationed.
Visit Elizabeth’s website, and connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.
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