Tracey V. Bateman served as president of the American Christian Fiction Writers and has more than a dozen stories in print. She lives with her husband and four children in Missouri. Some of her books include the trilogies The Claire Everett Series, The Mahoney Sisters Series, Heartsong Presents. The four volumes of Kansas Home have sold over 100,000 copies, and The Penbrook Diaries and Oregon Brides have gained a wide reading audience.