Faculty 2008

So far our line up includes:

Dinesh D’Souza, author of What's So Great About Christianity, a comprehensive answer to a spate of atheist books denouncing Christianity. Dinesh is also the author of The Enemy at Home, Letters to a Young Conservative, What's So Great About America, The End of Racism, Illiberal Education and more.

Dinesh’s books have had a major influence on public opinion and public policy. His 1991 book Illiberal Education was the first study to publicize the phenomenon of political correctness. The book was widely acclaimed and became a New York Times bestseller for 15 weeks. It has been listed as one of the most influential books of the 1990's. His articles have appeared in every major magazine and newspaper, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, New Republic, and National Review. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including the Today Show, Nightline, The News Hour, O'Reilly Factor, Moneyline, and Hannity and Colmes. D'Souza writes a daily blog for AOL and a weekly column for Townhall.com, and speaks at top universities, business groups, civic groups, and churches across the country.

Holly Miller, editor, Saturday Evening Post

Les Stobbe, literary agent, the editor in chief of The Christian Writers Guild and one of its mentors, and former Journalist in Residence at Gordon College, Wenham, Mass. He also serves as Director of International Christian Writers.

Rachel Zurakowski, agent, Books and Such Literary Agency

Sandra Bishop, agent. MacGregor Literary Agency

Christy Scannell, freelance editor and writer, co-author of the “Secrets from Lulu’s Café” series, which debuted with Desperate Pastors’ Wives and A Matter of Wife and Death. She is a mentor with Jerry Jenkins’ Christian Writers Guild and an instructor at Grossmont College. For ten years, Christy was editorial director at Rainbow Publishers/Legacy Press, where she oversaw the acquisition and publication of Christian non-fiction books for children and teachers.

John Shore, author, editor, author of I'm OK--You're Not: The Message We're Sending Non-Christians and Why We Should Stop (NavPress, 2007); Penguins, Pain and the Whole Shebang (Seabury Books, 2005); and co-author, with Richard Lederer, of Comma Sense (St. Martin's, 2005). His most recent book is Midlife Manual for Men, co-authored with Stephen Arterburn, is the first of four books John and Steve will be writing together, and is Bethany Publisher's lead title for Spring/Summer '08. Their next book, is Being Christian. A featured writer for Crosswalk.com and Christianity.com., John also writes a popular blog at www.johnshoreland.com.

Dean Nelson, director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazarene University. He writes for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Christianity Today, Sojourners, and several other national publications. He has won several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his reporting, and has written or co-written 11 books. Nelson is a frequent speaker at writing workshops and conducts retreats that focus on spiritual depth.

Vicki Crumpton, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group

Rhonda Wray, Associate Editor, Meriwether Publishing Ltd., America's foremost publisher of theater arts books and plays.

Rod Morris, Senior Editor, Harvest House Publishers

Kathi Macias, Consultant to Christian Publishing Community, representing Author Solutions, Inc., the largest self-publisher in the country. Kathi is also a multi-award winning writer who has authored 21 books.

Kimberlee Mendoza, Wild Rose Press young adult editor and cover artist.