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Karen Ball has been in publishing for over 30 years, serving as an executive and acquisitions editor, building fiction lines for Tyndale, Multnomah, Zondervan, and B&H Publishing Group. Karen is also the owner of Karen Ball Publishing Services, LLC, a former literary agent with the prestigious Steve Laube Agency, and the co-creator of Write from the Deep with Erin Taylor Young, and a popular speaker and podcaster. She’s had the honor of acquiring and working with some of the best writers in the industry, including Francine Rivers, Karen Kingsbury, Brandilyn Collins, Ginny Yttrup, Robin Jones Gunn, Terri Blackstock, and many others. Karen’s own books have received awards, including the Reader’s Choice award and the ACFW award for the Best Inspirational Novel of the Year, and one of her novels was a finalist for the Christy Award for Excellence in Writing. Karen lives in Oregon with her husband and a their four-legged, furry “kid,” an incorrigible Corgi named Kirby.
A publishing professional for over 30 years, Karen Ball has overseen fiction for Tyndale, Multnomah, Zondervan, and B&H Publishing Group, and is a former literary agent with the prestigious Steve Laube Agency. Karen is currently the owner of Karen Ball Publishing Services, LLC, an award-winning, best-selling author, and the co-creator of Write from the Deep with Erin Taylor Young, and a popular speaker and podcaster. She’s worked with such notable authors as Francine Rivers, Karen Kingsbury, Brandilyn Collins, Ginny Yttrup, Robin Jones Gunn, Terri Blackstock, and many others. Karen lives in Oregon with her husband and a their four-legged, furry “kid.”


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Erin Taylor Young’s deepest passion is the Word of God and bringing encouragement from His truth to readers and writers. She teaches workshops about writing and publishing at conferences across the country, produces and co-hosts the Write from the Deep podcast, and is the co-creator of From the Deep, LLC, an inspirational resource for writers. She co-founded a successful independent publishing company and was the co-managing editor before selling the company to another publisher. She’s also an award-winning humor writer whose books, Surviving Henry: Adventures in Loving a Canine Catastrophe and Still Surviving Henry: The Untold Stories, have been repeatedly accused of making readers laugh until they cry. Learn more about Erin at erintayloryoung.com where she blogs about writing, God, and her aversion to spiders. Learn more about the Write from the Deep podcast at writefromthedeep.com.
Erin Taylor Young is a writing teacher, speaker, and cohost of the Write from the Deep podcast. Her deepest passion is the Word of God and bringing encouragement from His truth to readers and writers. She’s the co-creator of From the Deep, LLC, an inspirational resource for writers. She co-founded a successful independent publishing company where she was the co-managing editor before selling the company to another publisher. She’s also an award-winning humor writer whose books have been repeatedly accused of making readers laugh until they cry.