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Mariann G. Huntoon was born and raised in New Jersey. She graduated Ocean County
College in 1977 with an Associate of Arts degree. While attending college, her poetry
was published in the school’s literary magazine. In 2003, Mariann, along with her
husband and son, settled in Lake Wales, FL, to “semi-
Lorna Keith was born in Hollywood, California, and raised in southern California. She graduated from the University of California at Riverside with a degree in math. Lorna married in 1980 and shortly thereafter moved to Florida. She has published numerous science fiction and fantasy stories, as well as various articles. She has completed the first novel in a science fiction trilogy and is currently working on the first draft of the second book. Lorna lives in Sebring with her husband Greg.
Operating under the guise of Group Leader, Jill enjoys helping others succeed as
writers. She has been writing since she was in junior high school (back in the Dark
Ages) and has fiction and non-
Ann Lucas is a teacher by day and writer by night. She is the author of Inspirational
Thoughts for Living, an A-
Helen is a second generation Florida Cracker. She graduated from Florida Southern College back when an electric typewriter was considered “uptown.” She taught preschool before moving to California where she attended the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, bought a bakery/catering service, and got married. She combined cooking with teaching by opening Little Chefs Cooking Academy and eventually returned to education as a substitute teacher.
Helen has had one tongue-
Born in Wisconsin, Judith Ulch divides her time between Florida, Arkansas, and Wisconsin.
Judy graduated from UW-
Judy has also been a bookstore owner, publisher, and restaurateur. She was the editor
of SEARCH Magazine for years, and feature writer for several newspapers, including
Polk County’s News Chief. Her work has appeared in Back Home, Reader’s Digest, McCall’s
Magazine, Backwoods Home, and numerous other newspapers and magazines. She has self-
Judy is currently working on her first novel, as well as a book on old folk remedies
and one on fairies. She has just completed a book on the history of Wonewoc Spiritualist
Camp and plans to self-
Loren was born in Indiana but grew up in Haiti where his parents were missionaries. The family returned to the US when Loren was 13, settling in Babson Park .
Loren has written a number of poems and has now ventured into writing children’s stories. You can view Loren’s poems on his website at http://www.luchelp.com/loren.html. Some of his other interests are computer programming and repair, watercolor painting, music, soccer and an occasional jaunt to the paintball course.
Loren now resides in south Lake Wales with his wonderful wife and three children and is thankful to God for all of his blessings.
Born in Wisconsin, Barbara spent her teens in Maryland; then moved to England when she was 22. She spent 25 years as a missionary, working in different countries – she especially loved interacting with people in the East and Middle East.
As a young woman, she began journaling and progressed to co-
In 1998, she moved to Florida with her youngest (of 5) to care for her parents. She currently is working on her memoirs; she also devotes time to research of the Bible to write devotional materials.
Gary Wiesing and his wife Marianne retired to Lake Wales in 1998 after Gary spent 30 years with IBM and another 11 years as a volunteer on a tourist railroad in upstate NY. Gary writes poetry, articles, memoirs, and short stores. Several of his personal experiences have been published in the First Person column of The Ledger. He is currently working on a biography of a local personality and several fiction pieces. He writes a monthly column in his church’s newsletter and has had one column published in a national church newsletter.
Bruce Weaver comes from Chicago by way of Dayton, Ohio. He began writing at an early age, completing his first novel while in the fifth grade. Since then he has written numerous short stories, plays, and poems, many of which have been published.
Bruce studied journalism at Harper College and has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Education from Governors State University and Trinity Christian College. He served as Managing Editor and Literary Editor of The Innovator, Governor State University’s student publication in which he also wrote a regular grammar column, a perspectives column, drew cartoons and shared his poetry.
Bruce has taught English at various schools in the Illinois area, and most recently taught at The Vanguard Academy in Lake Wales, Florida. He is currently working on a novel for young teens.
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