Dr. Brenda Ayres is a full professor and member of the graduate faculty at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she teaches English literature, serves as Assistant Director in the university's Honors Program, and is the editor-in-chief of three journals. To date she has published 20 scholarly books and over 150 articles. Besides the Lord, her greatest blessings have been four cocker spaniels: Lyssie, Gracie, Annie, and Libby.