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PRESIDENT 
Historical Christian Romance author an two time Selah Award nominee, Jennifer Lynn Cary, likes to say you can take the girl out of Indiana, but you can’t take the Hoosier out of the girl. Now transplanted to the Arizona desert, this direct descendant of Davy Crockett and her husband of forty plus years enjoy time with family where she shares tales of her small-town heritage and family legacies with their grandchildren. She is the author of 
The Crockett Chronicles series, The Relentless series, and The Weather Girls trilogy, as well as the stand-alone novel, Cheryl’s Going Home, her novella Tales of the Hob Nob Annex Café, and her split-time novels The Traveling Prayer Shawl and The Forgotten Gratitude Journal. Her current spin-off series, The Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue, contains standalones with a common thread. 

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Treasurer

Rebecca D. Bruner is a multi-published author, Bible teacher, and conference speaker. She writes in a variety of genres, including non-fiction, speculative fiction, contemporary, and biblical fiction. Her most recent women’s fiction novella, “Midlife Crisis,” was a finalist in ACFW’s 2022 First Impres-sions Contest.
It was published in Journeys of Forgiveness.
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She has an adult daughter and son, who make her very proud, and she lives in Mesa with her husband.
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Co-Membership & Secretary

Leola Ogle lives in Arizona with her husband, Jeff, and their two rescue dogs. They have a large blended family of eight children, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She has authored several novels, plus several published short stories. She and her husband have been in ministry most of their adult lives. She has a passion to write about real life issues based on her ministry and family experiences.
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Co-Membership & Secretary

​Peggy taught school three years in Pueblo, Colorado, and twenty-seven years in Mesa, Arizona, the largest school district in Arizona. Eighteen of those twenty-seven years were as elementary school counselor, the other nine years as a classroom teacher. She served as school counselor for 1700 students at two elementary campuses each year until her retirement.
She holds a B.A. from University of Southern Colorado, and two master’s degrees from Arizona State University: M.Ed., Masters of Education in Counseling, and M.C., Masters of Counseling.

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Vice-President

Kim Hintze is an elementary school art teacher and award winning author. She loves writing, crafting, dachshunds, and visiting museums. She lives in Anthem, AZ with her husband and two teenagers. She has  a passion for children's books that are fun to read, but teach a little something too. ​
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