Marti Pieper was writing almost as soon as she could read, and her publishing career includes ghostwriting a young adult memoir that made the Christian bestseller list and traveling to six Latin American countries to share stories of teen mission trips and an award-winning missionary memoir. She has written eight traditionally published nonfiction books and edited many more, written and edited for both print and digital publications, and taught at multiple writers conferences. She was married to Tom, a pastor, professional musician, and worship pastor, for forty-one years before his death this past August, and has five wonderful adult children and five even more wonderful grandchildren.