Quantrilla Ard, PhD, is an editor, speaker, faith-based personal and spiritual development writer, and multi-published author who believes in the power of collective strength, community, and fellowship. A passionate creative at heart, Quanny (as her friends call her) regularly records audios and writes teachings for the First 5 app with Proverbs 31 Ministries, has been a contributing study leader for …
Rachael Clements
Rachael has been an editor for more than ten years and a book lover for as long as she can remember. She specializes in copyediting and proofreading and has worked on numerous books for both mainstream and Christian publishers, including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Harvest House, as well as select independent authors. Her editing experience includes inspirational and women’s …
Renée Chavez
Renée Chavez is a veteran in the publishing industry, with more than 25 years’ experience in all things editorial for publishers and authors from coast to coast and overseas. A graduate of the University of Memphis, Renée is experienced in all stages of the publishing process and performs an array of editorial tasks, including content editing, copy editing, cover and …
Susan Cornell
Susan has 20 years’ experience in publishing as a copy editor and production editor, serving many of those years as chief production editor for Abingdon Press. Susan received her BS in English-journalism from Tennessee Technological University, with minors in history and foreign language (especially French). She is still a history fan, with wide and varied interests, and also a bit …
Tama Fortner
Tama is an ECPA award-winning and bestselling author with more than 50 titles to her credit, including her latest God, I Feel Scared and Everyday Joys Devotional: 40 Days of Reflecting on the Intersection of Ordinary and Divine. She is the writer behind the million-selling Indescribable for Kids series with Louie Giglio, as well as a number of books in …
Tisha Martin
Tisha is an author, writer, and editor serving publishers and writers. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in professional writing and a master’s degree in English education, she freelanced for Fortune 100 companies before joining the publishing industry. Since 2017, Tisha has partnered with traditional and hybrid publishers, emerging authors, and established authors. She has coached and edited over 300 …
Whitney Bak
Whitney is a detail-oriented and encouraging collaborative writer and editor with an affinity for fact-checking and Big Five experience. She has worked on over 250 titles, including multiple New York Times bestsellers, since 2015. Her experience spans all stages of the creative process—from author coaching to collaborative writing, substantive editing, line editing, copy editing, sensitivity reading, and proofreading—for both fiction …