After decades of starting and selling companies, Villhard is supposed to be retired but instead is having too much fun heading the #1 ranked entrepreneurship department at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. This is his third novel, following Company of Women (2022) and City of Women (2023).

Doug, his wife Diane, and their four children live just outside of St. Louis in Glen Carbon, Illinois, where they co-founded Father McGivney Catholic High School. When Doug isn’t writing, teaching, investing in startups, or serving on boards, he’s perpetually working toward achieving a respectable golf score.

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Paul Rousseau is a disabled writer whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Roxane Gay’s newsletter The Audacity, Wigleaf, Catapult and CRAFT, among others, and has been selected for Best Small Fictions 2024, the Wigleaf Top 50, as well as nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. You can find more of his work online at Paul-Rousseau.com.

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Laughter is the best medicine- A native Houstonian and a graduate of Texas Tech University, Amy W. Daughters has been a freelance writer for more than a decade — mostly covering college football and sometimes talking about her feelings. Her debut novel, You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened (She Writes Press), was selected as the Silver Winner for Humor in the 2019 Foreword INDIES and the Overall Winner for Humor/Comedy in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Awards. Her second book, Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter (She Writes Press, 2022), has won several awards, including the 2023 Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal for Nonfiction relationships, and caught the attention of Kelly Clarkson! An amateur historian, hack golfer, charlatan fashion model, and regular on the ribbon dancing circuit, Amy — a proud former resident of Blackwell, England, and Dayton, Ohio, currently lives in Tomball, Texas, a suburb of Houston. She is married to a foxy computer person, Willie, and is the lucky mother of two amazing sons, Will and Matthew. It’s 2014 and Amy Daughters is a 46-year old stay-at-home mom living in Dayton, Ohio. Suddenly, it’s 1978, and she is forced to spend 36 hours in her childhood home with her nuclear family ...including her 10-year old self.

As co-creator of VeggieTales, co-founder of Big Idea Entertainment, and the voice of the beloved Larry the Cucumber, Mike Nawrocki has been dedicated to helping parents pass on biblical values to their kids through storytelling for three decades. Mike has written and directed most of the extremely popular Silly Songs with Larry segments, including fan favorites His Cheeseburger and The Hairbrush Song. He has also lent his screenwriting and directing talents to dozens of VeggieTales episodes such as Madame Blueberry and Esther, as well as both of the properties’ theatrical release films, Jonah and The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything. His most recent project, a 12-book early reader series titled, The Dead Sea Squirrels is currently in production as an animated series slated for release in 2024. Mike also serves as an assistant professor of film and animation at Lipscomb University and co-hosts the weekly podcast, “The Bible for Kids.”

Actors Point Theatre Company is beginning its twelfth year of producing plays and musicals. He is the founder of the Sumner Stages Festival – producing theatrical productions along the banks of Old Hickory Lake in Sumner county.

Greg is the founder of the Sumner Stages Student Theatre Challenge – a one day workshop that allows middle school and high school students to arrive put on a show or a musical revue in just one day.

He is the co-creator of Hendersonville’s Got Talent – a Tennessee wide talent competition draws talent from all over the middle Tennessee region.

As a director for almost 40 years, his directing credits include The Man of La Mancha, A Christmas Carol, Leaving Iowa, Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Children of Eden, Steel Magnolias, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Shrek – The Musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women – The Musical, etc.

Wilson has performed nationally and internationally in many theatrical productions, TV commercials, corporate industrials and a number of

Independent feature films. His most recent national TV credit was a principal role on the Discovery Channel – Investigation Discovery – “Murder Comes to Town” and in the independent feature film “As Dreamers Do” – about the early life of Walt Disney - streaming on Amazon Prime and other sites.

In addition, Wilson is a respected acting teacher and acting coach in the greater Nashville area. He also coaches businesspeople on how to make themselves more powerful presenters.

Greg has written, produced, and directed a number of music videos for artists such as Billy Gaines, Sisters J, Chris Chitsey, Stephen Wrench, and Jacob Jones.

From 2008 to 2012 Wilson was the Producing Director of The Tennessee Shakespeare Festival for 4 years. In the fall of 2012, Greg was named the Artist in Residence for the theatre department of Martin Methodist University in Pulaski, Tennessee.

He has served on the executive board of the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce over several years. He is also a member of the Hendersonville Rotary Club. He is responsible for the partnership with Volunteer State Community College who has just named Actors Point Theatre Company as their company in residence.

Born and raised in MN, I moved to TN to get out of the cold when I was 25. I now live near Nashville TN, I have a wife and a 21yr old son. I've worked in retail most of my life. Over the last few years I had been doing podcasts as well, and had formed some friendships with a couple film makers that were going to do a film with the lead having Down syndrome.

During that time I found out that over 75% of prenatal diagnosis’s of Down syndrome are terminated, and it just broke my heart. So I learned everything I could about Down syndrome. And then I had an idea, an idea for a short film that showed what so many pregnant women hear, “I’m sorry, your baby has Down syndrome”, versus what they should hear, “Congratulations”. So I wrote my first short film, and it was released in July of 2023, called “More Than a Diagnosis”. It is only 3 min and 21 sec long on purpose because Down syndrome is a 3rd copy of the 21st chromosome. It has also won an award in NY Staten Island film festival.

Sherri Leopold, CEO of Option Creators INC, is a Mentor, and Leader of the Stop Self-Bullying Movement. She is also the founder of the WOW WARRIOR Platform, publisher of WOW WARRIOR Magazine and host of the WOW WARRIOR show, and WOW- Look who’s Here!

Sherri is a 12-time International Best-Selling author. She is currently an Ambassador Mentor Candidate and a Regional Director Candidate with Givers University. In addition, she has over 26 years in Network Marketing/Direct Sales and experience in speaking, mentoring, and team building. She can help you transform your life mentally, physically, and financially through falling in love with yourself first.

Lynda ran away at 5 years old and was gone an entire week, came home riddled with fears and, in turn, became a people-pleaser. At age 51, she decided to break through one fear every day for a year and, in doing so, gained an exorbitant amount of confidence to share her story. Her mission is to empower 5 million women and men to write their stories to make a greater impact on the planet. Lynda Sunshine West is the Founder and CEO of Action Takers Publishing, a Celebrity Bestseller Book Publishing Expert, Speaker, 43 Times #1 International Bestselling Award-Winning Author, Senior Level Executive Contributing Writer at Brainz Magazine, and Executive Film Producer.

Sally Green is the Vice President of Author Development at Action Takers Publishing. With a background in business, Sally's passion for storytelling and empowering others has transformed her into a bestselling author, children’s book author, book publisher and inspirational speaker.

As Vice President of Author Development, Sally guides aspiring writers through the process of transforming their ideas into bestselling books. She provides invaluable feedback, accountability, and encouragement.