ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eva Marie Everson is a multiple-award-winning author and speaker. She is one of the original five members of the Orlando Word Weavers critique group, an international and national group of critique chapters, and now serves as president of Word Weavers International, Inc. Her novel Waiting for Sunrise, which boldly approaches the topic of mental illness, was a finalist for the 2013 Christy Award for excellence in Christian fiction. Her other novels include Five Brides, This Fine Life, and Things Left Unspoken.

Eva Marie is a popular presenter at writers’ conferences nationwide and serves as codirector of the Florida Christian Writers Conference and contests director for the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. During the 2010–2011 school year, she was an adjunct professor at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. She describes it as one of the best times she ever had while working.

In 2002 and 2009, Eva Marie served as a journalist for the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Her article series, “Falling into the Bible,” served as the inspiration for her book Reflections of God’s Holy Land: A Personal Journey through Israel, coauthored with bestselling Israeli author Miriam Feinberg Vamosh. The book went on to become a finalist for the ECPA Gold Medallion award.

Born and reared in the low country of Georgia, Eva Marie is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She lives, works, and finds respite in her lakefront home in Florida. She enjoys reading, knitting, traveling, boating, and singing along with country music on the radio. She is pretty much owned by her dog, Poods.