Edwin is a pastoral counselor who serves
as senior chaplain and director of the Family Institute at the Methodist
Children’s Home in Macon, Georgia. Prior to coming to the Home, he served as
director of the Clergy
Resource Center,
which he founded at the Pastoral Institute in Columbus, Georgia. Prior to that, he served for 14 years as a
parish minister in Americus
and Savannah. He is married to Carole Hoelle and has three
sons and three grandchildren.
About Bill Chase
Bill lives in Macon, Georgia,
with his wife, Joann. He served eight
years as an officer in the United States Navy and worked for 33 years in
Research and Development at Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee. As a retiree, he is active in church and
community. He is Secretary of the
Methodist Home Alumni association. Bill
and Joann’s son, Mark, works as a computer professional in Charlotte, North Carolina.
About Susan May
Susan May has been married to Andy for twenty-five years and they live north of Atlanta. They met at Auburn University, and remain devoted Tiger fans. Her love affair with books began when she was in the sixth grade and made a bad grade on her report card in math. Not allowed to watch TV for the next six weeks until she brought the grade up, she filled her extra time with books.
After her first child was born she gave some thought to writing. But it fell by the wayside after her daughter was born, got pushed even further away when her second son appeared and became out of the question by the time Nick, her final son and fourth baby in five years arrived.
Nick really put a kink into her writing. He was born with a heart defect and had to have a heart transplant when he was only two. It took over three years for life to settle down enough before Susan could even think about writing his story. “Nick’s New Heart” is the outstanding result of that effort.
She often speaks to nursing groups, civic groups, and high school health classes and to just anyone willing to learn about the importance of organ donation. She has lead workshops on time management, organizing your time, finding the right writer’s conference to meet your needs, making rejection work for you, and the art of collaging as a way of picturing your storyline.
She collects decorative apples, loves castles, traveling and cross-stitching; reads voraciously, and wishes wearing hats would come back in vogue. She regards herself as a Number One James Bond fan, has read all the books and seen all the movies on opening night. Her favorite is Pierce Brosnon as the best Bond.
You can learn much more about Susan May and her work, as well as her important work that goes well beyond her writing at www.susancmay.com .
About A. Louise Staman
A. Louise Staman has been a writer, poet, and researcher for nearly all of her adult life. She has located criminals, learned that a ‘high-born’ heroine was once a prostitute, and traced many lives through wars, occupations, corruption, and malice. She will conduct her searches through court houses, archives, and libraries with the same enthusiasm and care as a robber casing a bank, and she loves to interview those who once knew my characters, finding their personal stories to be a fascinating addition to history.
Mrs. Staman lives in Macon, Georgia with her husband of over 40 years, Dr. E. Michael Staman. Her two huge Maine Coon Cats spend most of their time in her office, ‘helping me’ by lazing on her desk and dropping pens in their water bowl. Her most recent book, "Loosening Corsets”, is her fifth published book (one published in Paris) and her second biography. She has written for French and English journals and has won several prizes for her writing. She has three married daughters and loves to dote on her two grandchildren, which is why she also just published a children’s book: "Rupert and the Bag."
You can learn much more about A. Louise Staman, her work, and her prizes at www.alouisestaman.com.
Susan May has been married to Andy for twenty-five years and they live north of Atlanta. They met at Auburn University, and remain devoted Tiger fans. Her love affair with books began when she was in the sixth grade and made a bad grade on her report card in math. Not allowed to watch TV for the next six weeks until she brought the grade up, she filled her extra time with books.
A. Louise Staman has been a writer, poet, and researcher for nearly all of her adult life. She has located criminals, learned that a ‘high-born’ heroine was once a prostitute, and traced many lives through wars, occupations, corruption, and malice. She will conduct her searches through court houses, archives, and libraries with the same enthusiasm and care as a robber casing a bank, and she loves to interview those who once knew my characters, finding their personal stories to be a fascinating addition to history.