est assured, you won't be alone on your journey.  Each of our Mentors has been personally selected by Jerry Jenkins, based on their experience and expertise.  Each is a distinguished writer and editor, recognized throughout the industry.  And each is a committed Christian eager to see you grow and flourish in your own writing career.

One will be your personal mentor, but all will contribute to making the Christian Writers Guild the best source of training and encouragement.

Suzanne Eller

  is the author of Real Teens, Real Stories, Real Life, a book for teens , Real Issues, Real Teens — What Every Parent Needs to Know, and The Mom I Want to Be – Rising Above Your Past to Give Your Kids a Great Future . Making It Real – Whose Faith is it Anyway? (first in a teen discipleship series for Kregel) and The Woman I am Becoming (Harvest House) will be released in 2007.

Marguerite Kistler

has written the book, Bolivia , published by Lucent Books
for their Modern Nations of the World series, as well as articles for children's magazines, curriculum for Bob Jones University Press, devotionals, and newspaper articles.
She is currently the Managing Editor of Home Design & Remodeling Resource Guide and writes for the Pittsburgh Christian Newspaper.

 

 

Sarah Anne Sumpolec

 teaches writing workshops to both students and adults and was the founding director of the Christian Writer's Circle. A University of Mary Washington graduate, she holds both a bachelor's degree and elementary teaching certification.

Robert Elmer

 has over 25 years of experience as a news editor and reporter, freelance writer and advertising copywriter, assistant pastor, workshop leader and novelist. He is a graduate of Simpson College and St. Mary’s College in California, with a degree in communications and an elementary teaching credential. He’s written over 40 popular novels, many for younger readers. He and his wife Ronda are the parents of three young adults and live in the Pacific Northwest.

Janet Holm McHenry

is a national speaker and author of hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles and 19 books, including children's books, juvenile fiction and adult nonfiction. She is also a high school Advanced Placement English, journalism and creative writing teacher who enjoys mentoring young people with their writing. She holds a degree from University of California, Berkeley, in journalism and has worked as a technical writer/editor and as a newspaper reporter and editor.

Cindy Thomson

is the author of  the historical novel Brigid of Ireland and the co-author of Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story.  She has written feature articles for such magazines as Clubhouse, War Cry, The History Channel Magazine, Internet-Genealogy, and True West.  She taught in private Christian school settings for nearly 20 years.

Michele Huey

is a former newspaper feature writer, photographer, reporter, columnist, and editor, Mrs. Huey is a member of St. Davids Christian Writers Association Board of Directors and is a former high school journalism/communications, English, and Bible teacher. A freelance editor and critiquer, she also teaches writing workshops.

Shannon Kubiak Primicerio

A popular youth-event speaker, Shannon has a B.A. in Journalism with a minor in Biblical Studies from Biola University . She received the North County Times Excellence in Writing award in 2000 and the San Diego Christian Writer's Guild's Nancy Bayless Award for Excellence in Writing in 2003.

Carol Umberger

  likes to say that she was 45 years old before she realized what she wanted to be when she grew up — a writer. Since that realization, she hasn't looked back. As a first-time author she sold a three-book contract to Integrity Publishers for a series set in her favorite time and place, medieval Scotland . The series has won more than a dozen awards.