Teresa Ives Lilly’s ninth-grade teacher inspired her writing by allowing her to take a twelfth-grade creative writing course during the summer, which stirred within her a passion for writing. Nevertheless, until her salvation in 1986 when she discovered the genre of Christian romance, Teresa hadn’t written anything for publication. Since that time, however, she has gone on to write over twenty-five novellas and novels, including two published by Barbour Books. Teresa lives in San Antonio, Texas, where she and her husband are close to their three grown children and one grandson. Teresa believes God let her be born “at such a time as this” to be able to write and share her stories of faith. Her book Orphan Train Bride was a bestseller for two weeks on Amazon.