Liz Curtis Higgs

Liz Curtis Higgs is the award-winning author of ten books-six humorous, inspiring nonfiction books for women, including Help! I'm Laughing and I Can't Get Up, and four Gold Medallion-winning children's books, beginning with The Pumpkin Patch Parable. As a busy conference speaker, Liz has entertained more than 1,200 audiences in nearly all 50 states with her original humor and heartfelt encouragement. Her newsletter, The Laughing Heart, has 16,000 readers worldwide. She's also a columnist for Today's Christian Woman, a consulting editor for The Joyful Noiseletter, and a member of the National Speakers Association, the Fellowship of Merry Christians, and Romance Writers of America. Before launching her speaking and writing career, Liz spent ten years as a popular radio personality in five states, gathering humorous material about life behind the microphone. Mixed Signals is her first novel.

Carolyn Zane

Carolyn Zane has authored over twenty fiction books, including The Wife Next Door and a trilogy of inspirational romantic comedies. Following a successful career as a producer/director of local television commercials, she has settled down (somewhat) in a farmhouse alongside Portland, Oregon's beautiful Willamette River with her husband, Matt, and their two children.

Karen Ball

Karen Ball is the senior editor for women's fiction at Multnomah Books. She came to Multnomah after 11 1/2 years with Tyndale House Publishers. She has enjoyed working with such notable authors as Francine Rivers, Gilbert Morris, Angela Elwell Hunt, and Robin Jones Gunn. Karen has authored both fiction and nonfiction books, including several romance novels (Reunion, Mistletoe, Heart's Delight, and Fools for Love). She lives in Oregon with her husband, Don, and their two Siberian huskies.