Lisa Ambler graduated with honors in creative writing from Plan II at the University of Texas at Austin, and is an author, artist, illustrator, and copywriter. She has been published in The Old Schoolhouse magazine, Denver Christian News, Bloomsbury Review, and elsewhere. The founder of Art for the Nations, a nonprofit that provides art supplies for underprivileged children, her award-winning art has been featured in numerous publications, and she has taught children's art classes for over a decade in the United States and Mexico. She and her husband also work with the Circuit Riders Ministry, a branch of YWAM.