Writers Workshop Speakers

Speakers
Angela Hunt Angela Hunt — Christy-Award winner with nearly four million copies of her books sold worldwide. She is the best-selling author of more than 100 works ranging from picture books to nonfiction books, to novels. Dr. Angela Hunt has also received several Angel Awards from Excellence in Media, and the Gold and Silver Medallions from Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Award. In 2007, her novel The Note was featured as a Christmas movie on the Hallmark channel. She has a Master of Biblical Studies, a doctorate in Biblical literature, and a Th.D. in theology. When she’s not home reading or writing, Angie often travels to teach writing workshops at schools and writers’ conferences.
Carolyn Curtis Carolyn Curtis — Author of six books and editor/collaborator of many others. A former college journalism professor, her degrees are the Bachelor of Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin and Master of Arts in Communication, Stephen F. Austin State University. Carolyn Curtis has reported for the Associated Press and daily newspapers, managed communication in two Fortune 50 companies (Alcoa and Hewlett Packard) and edited flagship magazines for two church denominations. She has won awards from The Wall Street Journal, Society of Professional Journalists, Evangelical Press Association and others. She is known for her reporting from Washington D.C. on legislation and issues important to Christians for Christianity Today, Focus on the Family’s Citizen, Charisma, etc. The writer of 1800+ articles and frequent contributor to SBC’s On Mission and PCA’s byFaith, she has been in publications ranging from The Saturday Evening Post to Sports Illustrated.
Seminar Leaders (in alpha order)
Kevin Belmonte Kevin Belmonte — Award-winning author of William Wilberforce: A Hero for Humanity, 2007. He has served as a script consultant for the BBC and PBS. For six years (2001-2007), he served as the lead historical consultant for “Amazing Grace,” the critically acclaimed feature film about the life of Wilberforce, directed by noted British film director, Michael Apted. During the last two years, Belmonte’s biography of Wilberforce has been required reading for courses on character and leadership formation at Harvard. At present, he has just completed writing biographies on G.K. Chesterton, John Bunyan, and D.L. Moody.
Bruce Edwards Bruce L. Edwards — Professor of English and Africana Studies, and Associate Vice President for Academic Technology and E-learning at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He has been a faculty member and administrator at Bowling Green since 1981. He has served as a C. S. Lewis Foundation Fellow at the Kilns in Oxford, England; a Fulbright Fellow in Nairobi, Kenya (1999-2000); a Bradley Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC (1989-90); and as the S. W. Brooks Memorial Professor of Literature at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (1988).
Terry Glaspey Terry Glaspey — Director of Acquisitions and a Senior Editor for Harvest House Publishers. He is the author of several books, including Not a Tame Lion: The Spiritual Legacy of C.S. Lewis, The Book Lover’s Guide to Great Reading, Pathway to the Heart of God, The One-Minute Bible Guide, and others. He also worked on putting together a recent collection of art and essays entitled The Lion and the Land of Narnia.
Steve Laube Steve Laube — Literary Agent responsible for the discovery, evaluation, and development of potential new books for publication. He as negotiated nearly 250 contracts managing over 400 new books during his time as an agent. Steve is a 29 year veteran of the bookselling industry. He began in the bookselling arena and his store in Phoenix was named the Christian Booksellers Association (CBA) store of the year in 1989. He then spent 11 years with Bethany House Publishers rising to the position of an editorial director. In 2002 he was named the AWSA Golden Scroll Editor of the Year. The next year he became a literary agent and in 2004 formed The Steve Laube Agency. He was named the ACFW Agent of the Year award in 2009.
Bridgette Mongeon Bridgette Mongeon — Writer, sculptor and public speaker. As a contributing writer for several publications she writes about her faith, the business of art, creativity, inspiration and the practice of art and writing. She is the author of Digital Sculpting in Mudbox: Essential Tools and Techniques for Artists, and a contributing writer for Digital Biomedical Illustration Handbook. Bridgette is the owner and creator of the God’s Word Collectible Gift series, and the host of the Inspiration/Generation Podcast, the Creative Christian Podcast and the Art and Technology podcast.
Holly Ordway Holly Ordway— Writer and a teacher of composition and literature. She holds a doctorate in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MA in English Literature from the UNC Chapel Hill, and is completing an MA in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. She is the author of Not God’s Type: A Rational Academic Finds a Radical Faith as well as various articles on literary apologetics. She speaks and writes regularly on literature, focusing on the metaphysical poets, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and fantasy literature, especially that of Tolkien and Lewis.
Lancia E. Smith Lancia E. Smith— Author, speaker, and photographer. She brings a rare integration of literature, arts, and spiritual maturity to her readers and audiences. She has been photographing professionally for more than 20 years; taught English and Art as an integrated subject for 5 years; and writes on topics related to C.S. Lewis, spiritual development and arts intersecting culture. Widely read and passionately involved in teaching at all levels of communication, she is continuing her studies in English Literature at the University of Colorado in Boulder with a specific focus on the works of C.S. Lewis. Lancia hosts the website “Cultivating the Good, the True and the Beautiful” on her website where viewers can read her latest posts and view samples of her images including events related to the C.S Lewis Foundation.
Thomas Umstattd Thomas Umstattd — CEO of Umstattd Media, a company that helps authors use the web to sell books and win contracts. As a speaker on web technology, Thomas teaches all over the world. He built his first website at the age of 13 and taught his first web design class at 16 years old. He has been helping authors and small businesses use the web ever since.