Our Authors July 31, 2010

Nic Gibson (M.Div Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) has more than a decade in ministry with high school and college students. He has served as a camp counselor, outdoor adventure Trip leader, youth pastor, and has served in college ministry in the Northeast and Midwest. These experiences have lead to his intense interest in the strategic highschool-college transition. Nic has been married to his college sweetheart Alexi for 10 years and is the father of two daughters and one son. In his free time he can be found doing anything that ends in 'fishing.' www.nicolablog.com

Wanting to be a writer since the age of ten, Michelle Jestice published her first book, Why is Cory Brown?, in July of 2007. Her children's book recently earned a Silver as a finalist for the 2008 The Mom's Choice Awards and Honorable Mention at the 2008 London Book Festival. Jestice balances her time with family, teaching high school Reading and English (M.S. Reading and Language Arts Education), teaching yoga at a local fitness center (Yoga Alliance Certified Instructor), and working on her next book scheduled for publication in 2008. She and her family reside in Lynn Haven, Florida.

Walter L. Woodrick is a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner, author, financial consultant, public speaker, ministry founder and songwriter. Having entered the financial industry in the early 1990s, he knows how to effectively communicate with a broad range of people and takes pride in having them truly understand what he's talking about.
A graduate of Vanderbilt University with a degree in economics, Walter currently resides in Panama City, Florida with his wife and three children.

Winston Chester, a native of Quincy, Florida, is a fifth generation North Floridian. His love of the outdoors began at an early age while fishing and hunting with his dad and brother in the woods and waters of the Florida panhandle. He has been an educator and coach for over 30 years in Bay County, FL, and currently teaches Outdoor Education and Physical Education at Mosley High School. He also hosts Florida's only live, daily outdoor show, Panhandle Outdoors. His award-winning book, Full Box!, has sold 5,000 copies, an amazing accomplishment for a local history book. It is the 2002 Best Local History Monograph as named by the Florida Historical Society.

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of a writer's own life.

Eudora Welty